The senator of the Historical Pact Maria Jose Pizarro denounced that he was the victim of death threats that he received on his personal telephone. However, he assured that she will not stop working for the Colombian peace and requested the action of the authorities
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The senators have confronted each other through social networks over accusations about their political history and the work they are currently doing.
“Given the death threats received on my personal phone, my response is to continue, tirelessly, working for Peace! I request timely action from the authorities,” she wrote via Twitter.
Pizarro’s post immediately received dozens of responses from users who expressed solidarity with her. One of them, that of the Minister of Equality of the Government of Spain, Irene Montero. “With you mate! I hug you tight, “replied the official.
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In turn, the representative to the Chamber Katherine Miranda He did the same: “My solidarity! A huge hug!” he wrote.
Similarly, Senator Jahel Quiroga He offered him his full support. ”Receive a supportive hug. You should know that you are not alone. We are a powerful force that shelters you so that you continue fighting for the peace that we deserve. We are more the / as of Peace! ”, She specified.
After the existence of alleged cases of sexual harassment inside of the Congress of the republicthe Colombian president Gustavo Petro, made a request to carry out an internal investigation and clarify what is behind the accusations that were initially exposed by he former senator Gustavo Bolívar.
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Maria Jose Pizarropresident of the Legal Commission for the Women’s Equity and in charge of the investigations, gave details, on January 29, of what will be done to deal with the situation.
In an interview with Timethe too Government negotiator with the ELN assured that it is in his hands to try “uncover the pot” of alleged cases of gender violence within the political environment of the country. He stressed that, furthermore, his interest is not to reduce the debate to the legislative, but also to make it understood that these attacks against the women They happen in any field and scenario.
“We know that it is not easy to denounce. Less when we are talking about powers as great as those that are handled in Congress, but I will be there to accompany and support them (…) All women have been victims. I have also suffered harassment, abuse and discrimination for being a woman at other times in my life. My commitment is to build change together, ”she commented in her talk with the aforementioned media outlet.
In the conversation he had with the outlet, he recalled that in November 2022 he presented a proposal, hand in hand with the representative Maria Fernanda Carrascalso that the Colombian president and the vice president of the country, France Marquezthey will declare a gender state of emergency. To do this again, in the midst of the juncture of the murder of the DJ Valentina Trespalacios and allegations of sexual abuse of girls in Guaviaredo not get out of your plans.
Unfortunately, Pizarro is not the first to receive threats of this type. Some of them have even become facts. The Senator of the Republic for the Special Indigenous Circumscription – MAIS, Aida Quilcue, denounced on October 29, 2022 who was the victim of an attack against him.
“I have just suffered an attack, they shoot at the truck in which I am traveling near Guadualejo – Puerto Valencia, Tierradentro Cauca,” he denounced via Twitter.
Another who denounced threats and had to act immediately is the current president of the Colombian Senate, Roy Barreras. He reported that due to his position regarding the submission law proposed by the national government for the judicial treatment of criminal structures focused on the drug traffickingwas threatened with death, as was his entire family.
Specifically, the legislature Historical Pact spoke out against drug dealers resort to transitional mechanisms instead of ordinary justice. A similar concept is held by the attorney general, Francisco Barbosawho expressed his support for the national government to draft the submission bill that will be presented to the Congress of the republic in March, when lawmakers return from their recess.
This has cost him serious intimidation against his life and that of his loved ones. In fact, in dialogue with Snail News the president of that corporation confirmed that “today my entire family is out of the country due to death threats.”
The last to leave was one of his children, who is barely 14 years old. Through his Twitter account, he published the fact and, incidentally, thanked the support of the General Prosecutor of the Nation for the work carried out, which allowed the identification and imputation of charges to one of the possible perpetrators of said threats.
“I can, with some peace of mind, defend firm positions against drug trafficking as I have done publicly,” he stated about these events and his position regarding the Submission Law,
In that order, he stressed that, in the legislature, peace is your priorityand this implies the submission to justice and that there be a law in which members of criminal armed groups that do not have a political origin are welcomed.
“If there is no law, there is no submission and there is no peace,” emphasized the president of the Senate. He also announced that he has told various government officials, including the High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Ruedathat this initiative be promptly filed in order to clear up the existing uncertainty around this issue.
