Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino confirmed that he did submit his resignation to President Gustavo Petro: "He will be the one to decide."

Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino confirmed this Monday, September 8, that he submitted his resignation letter to President Gustavo Petro , as requested.

However, Sanguino stated that his continued tenure depends on the president.

" If someone asks for a letter, you have to file it. But I repeat, ultimately, it will be the President who decides who will continue to support him in this task," Sanguino told reporters.

Sanguino stated that he would like to be present at the end of the current term (which has 11 months remaining), "which requires us to close out a united government, with accomplishments and major changes for the country."

It's worth remembering that Sanguino is one of the three ministers expected to leave the cabinet following the election of Carlos Camargo as a Constitutional Court judge, due to the fact that their political parties did not support the government's candidate, María Patricia Balanta. In Sanguino's case, it was the Green Party.

The other two ministers are Julián Molina, Minister of ICT, who belongs to the "U" Party, and Diana Marcela Rojas, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, who belongs to the Liberal Party.

"The election of the new magistrate will define the entire framework of alliances in Congress. We cannot give in to those who have supported fascism," the Head of State warned last Monday, September 1st.

Regarding the formal resignations of the three ministers mentioned above, the head of the Interior Ministry, Armando Benedetti, reiterated that President Petro will decide their future in the cabinet. "It is his jurisdiction and he is autonomous in deciding who leaves and who stays," Benedetti stated.

LATEST NEWS EDITORIAL