A sneer covered in water up to your neck

It's not raining in Córdoba: a tragedy is unfolding.The entire sector is under water: 80% of the affected municipalities;120,000 victims,...

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When the tragedy is real, the president's insolence becomes unbearable.Because while the country is distracted by pre-election accusations, there are mothers taking their children out by boat.

It's not raining in Córdoba: a disaster is happening.The entire department is under water: 80% of municipalities affected;120,000 were injured, crops were destroyed and 9,000 houses were flooded.

As they try to save what little they have left, as they struggle with hunger and uncertainty about where they will sleep tonight, all President Gustavo Petro can think is, "I'm not going."And he starts desperately blaming him.He blames the Urrá dam for opening the floodgates.And he also pulls the names EPM and Hidroituango out of the hat.This shows, regardless of the fact that technical, almost criminal negligence was behind the catastrophe.

This would be a hypothesis that should be explored if it did not come from someone like Pietro in charge of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD).The unit that should have been prepared to prevent the disaster, at least warn of it.But it was not because he was hijacked by politicization in Petro's government.He presented the false logic of fake contracts, bribes and fake carriers.There is evidence of the scandal and the words of her ministers, members of Congress and political workers that pointed in the same direction: to agree at all costs to the reforms that Gustavo Petro wanted.

Therefore, it is cynical - unforgivably cynical - that the same president whose government turned the Risk Division into a vote-buying center now wants to wash its hands of it.Who ruled Urra?Who was in control of the Congress thanks to the votes and contracts of Córdoba politicians, for example Calles or Vadith Manzurs?

Should the president remind that Urrá is a company 98% owned by the nation, that is the government, and if something goes wrong, it is his responsibility?Not to mention the complaint, still uninvestigated, according to Nicolás Alcocer Petro mediated on behalf of the contractor Urrá.Or the government will entrust the management of the hydroelectric power plant to the Andrés Calle clan, the same one arrested by the Supreme Court when he was president of the Chamber, because he received money from the Petro circle.

And for EPM, and in particular Hidroituango, from Antioquia, we ask Gustavo Petro to respect a group of technicians who are a symbol of the region and for a company that is a trademark of public quality in the world.Eight years ago, the EPM team made many sacrifices to overcome the status of this mega project and achieved it without losing a single life.So no one can come with a vulgar style now, although his title even if there is leadership, blame EPM and experienced technicians for playing with people's lives and well-being.No sir, EPM respects itself!

Can Petro believe that there are engineers who wake up early to see how water covers people's houses and fields?As the saying goes, "Whoever creates thinks of them."

Explanations from experts and union leaders, along with evidence, refute all of Petro's claims.First, the dam helps control excess rainfall because it acts as a great buffer: when it rains heavily and rivers rise high, the reservoir stores some of that flow and reduces the risk of overflow downstream.

Petro ended up withdrawing, at least in part. After insinuating that the water plant was opened to flood by crime, at 2:00 in the afternoon he corrected: "Now the current release from Urrá is to be done or else the wall collapses or the water from above is not controlled."energy and the ability to pay high prices. The fact does not confirm this: In January, most of the energy was produced by water.

When disaster strikes, the cynicism of the head of state becomes unbearable.While distracting the country by blaming it for electoral purposes, mothers take their children in makeshift boats.There are old women whose beds are in water up to their waists.There are farmers watching their crops go.There are children without school, homeless, without heat.

While we are talking about floods and heavy rains today, it is important to remember that the money needed in Cordoba today is the same money as the odious contracts, bribes and parliamentary favors.This is not an opinion.This is in court documents.

The president, however, speaks like an angry spectator.As if he had nothing to do with it.As if strange forces broke through in the UNGRD while he was looking at the ceiling.

Risk management may have structural flaws that span decades.Ulla may have something else to answer.But none of these facts take away another fact: Instead of leading responsibly, the president is acting like just another columnist.He suggested, hinted, accused.But this is not the rule.