A controversy arose on Friday, April 14 in Cartagena (Bolívar), where his The mayor, William Dau, insulted the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes, because the official allegedly warned him that he would press for an investigation against him if he did not authorize the collection of a toll in the vicinity of that city.
“(He told me that) if he didn’t let them charge the toll of Marahuaco wildly, was in favor of lifting the talanqueras and was causing patrimonial detriment to the State, reason for which I could denounce me before the Attorney General’s Office ”, quoted on the station Snail Radio of Dau’s statements on social networks.
Mayor He replied to Reyes that he already had several inquiries in the control entity that did not concern him, which would have bothered the executive officer.
“The stone flew at him because I told him that the Attorney General’s Office has opened so many investigations against me. And one more doesn’t take off or slip off me. Then she already told me that she was going to know me. Toad, do what you want!” They referred in the radio medium of what was said by Dau.
But it went further and held the minister responsible for the disciplinary process that was initiated against the Secretary of the Interior of that city, Ana María González Forero, precisely for repealing the collection of other tolls.
“He asked the Attorney General’s Office to open a process, because following my orders, she said she was with the Marahuaco toll protesters, being consistent with the position that I have always had. I am with the people, I have always said that this toll must be moved ”, they also highlighted the mayor’s statements.
Meanwhile in the regional newspaper The Heraldthey mentioned that Dau accused Reyes of having a double race with the inhabitants of Cartagena, given that repealed charges in other towns from the Caribbean region.
“Don’t be a hypocrite, double face… You, Mr. Minister, order the removal of the Papiros and Turbaco fences, then you are also incurring patrimonial detriment… The minister is playing politics. The minister is a quota of the Conservative Party, not of the Historical Pact, he is helping his own ”, they noted from the statements of the local president.
Finally the mayor of Cartagena, after his memorial of grievances, asked the transport minister to resign, They also reported in the Barranquilla newspaper.
Reyes reacted in the newspaper The universal to the accusations of the controversial official of whom he said that he was accustomed to disrespecting public servants and He reiterated that he would continue with the disciplinary process that was already underway.
“I have asked the attorney that the statements she gave today and those of the Governor’s Office be included in the investigations. He is not afraid of authority, he is not afraid of disrespecting public servants, he believes that with insults he can achieve his goals and I am not going to allow it ”, he said in the minister in that means of communication.
He assured that in an event with mayor Dau has not sought an agreed solution with the National government for that problem.
“Very impetuous, he told me that he was going to continue to oppose that toll in Marahuaco, because that booth affected the communities. I told him that we were opening a space for dialogue. Dau this week arrived at the Bolívar Governorate, there was the governor and the president of the ANI, and he very rudely said that the toll was moving or it was moving ”, indicated in The universal.
Finally, he added that I would not accept this lack of respect, especially when the president in Cartagena has done the same with councilors and the control entities.
