Petro says that Spanish businessmen finance those who “dream” of “overthrowing” their government

President Colombian, Gustavo Petroassured that there is “great Spanish businessmen” that they are financing the people that “they dream“with overthrowing his government and advocated that this does not happen so that one does not start”new age of violence” in his country.

“There are those who dream out there of overthrowing the Government. They collect talks (money) from some big Spanish businessmen, they go to Spain and see how the government collapses”, said the president during a handover of land in the Caribbean department of Bolivar.

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He added: “Do not think of doing that because you would be starting a new era of violence. How am I going to tell you: don’t be stupid that already in the history of Colombia that has been done, it has been repeated and it is known what happens”.

During his speech, which was broadcast as an address this Thursday, the president did not give more details about who the businessmen are or who the people they are financing are.

In recent months, Petro has spoken of a “soft hit” against him, in reference to alleged non-direct attacks from various sectors that seek to limit his governability.

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He has also used that figure to criticize investigations and decisions of high courts and the Attorney General’s Office that affect congressmen from the Historical Pactthe government coalition The objective of those who promote the “soft coup”, according to Petro, is to sink their social reforms in Congress and then take it before the Committee on Impeachments of the House of Representativesin charge of investigating the complaints against the president, to imprison him, he assured last June.

Source: Elcomercio

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