This Sunday, March 13, Colombia will live an important day of legislative elections to choose the Congress that will govern for the next four years. In addition, there will be party consultations to define candidates for the presidency of the Republic.
Normally, footballers and ex-footballers do not talk much about the political situation in the country. However, this Saturday, one day before the elections, a World Cup player from the Colombian National Team in 2014 was dispatched and gave his point of view of the Colombian news.
Is about Carlos Valdesa central defender who was part of the José Pékerman process and was at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Currently, Valdés is very active on social networks, in addition to being a panelist on the sports channel ESPN.
Valdés, true to his direct style, opened a thread on his Twitter account with a poignant question: “Many saying that we are going to look like Venezuela, but do we live in Switzerland today? Who has governed the last decades? Do we have to thank that we are not worse?
Then they came strong criticism against the current government of Iván Duque:
This same government shot down the anti-corruption consultation, saying that it was to give the guerrillas money and that the Duke would implement a better legislative package. A consultation that modified the salary and the time of those who are going to choose tomorrow. the same ones that win…
– carlos valdes (@carlosvaldes5) March 12, 2022
Where they receive bribes while the people turn on each other, (although perhaps the consultation was not the solution, if it was a decisive step for the change that we all want.) what needs to be reformed is that rat’s nest that they made of politics a business where…
– carlos valdes (@carlosvaldes5) March 12, 2022
more corruption.
Dollar to 4 thousand, 70 thousand million embolated, a public prosecutor’s office and prosecutor friend of the corrupt, scandals (proven) of buying votes and the same as always enjoying the business with the money of the state, with laws made for them. Just to name a few…– carlos valdes (@carlosvaldes5) March 12, 2022
