Gustavo Petro wants to remove the management of the National Coffee Fund from the Federation of Coffee Growers
Colombia is one of the countries that exports the most coffee. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

“They deceived me. The union deceiving the president. That can not be. One can say, we have discussions, we can be distant, we do not think like you, as they have told us with the labor reform, but that is one thing and another is to deceive the President of the Republic, ”he emphasized.

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, criticized the National Federation of Coffee Growers and threatened to take away the administration of the National Coffee Fund. Video: Presidency.

“There, then, we have the existence that we have from the past, of a contract between the Government and the Federation of Coffee Growers that manages a public resource: the National Coffee Fund. Sometimes he has more money, it depends, ”he pointed out.

“Do we do the same? I am going to leave this as a point: if the National Federation of Coffee Growers is not restructured according to the coffee base, the contract of the National Coffee Fund with the Federation will come to an end”, he pointed out.

“In an atmosphere of cordiality, unity and teamwork, the National Committee of Coffee Growers was held, in which the Ministers of Finance and Public Credit participated; Trade, Industry and Tourism; the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Director of the National Planning Department, in addition to the 15 representatives of the Steering Committee of the Coffee Growers Federation and the general manager, Germán Alberto Bahamón”, began the communication.

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