Ingrid Betancourt says that the congressmen who criticized her should leave their party

The candidate of the Green Oxygen party, Ingrid Betancourt, continues to give something to talk about after some approaches were known with former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez and the Democratic Center, something that did not go very well on different political fronts of the center and left, who criticized her for this. The candidate has used her social media to respond to some of these criticisms, noting that accepting the conversation with the former senator does not “imply partisan pacts.”

“Accepting pending conversation with Uribe does not imply partisan pacts. This commitment to reconciliation is a vision of women, anything but erratic. I invite you to be part of this dialogue and build together. Polarization has led to demonization of country building,” said the presidential candidate on her social networks.

In a recent interview with Blu Radio, Betancourt spoke again about the rapprochements with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, something that does not represent any alliance, something that, according to the candidate, she is not doing with anyone. “The fact that I talk to former president Álvaro Uribe has nothing to do with any alliance, of any kind. It's just talking to someone, like I can talk to you at any time. It has nothing to do with it. From there to infer that alliances are going to be made, no, I am not making alliances with anyone”.

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He added, “I have no intention of making an alliance with Uribism, what I do not rule out is that people who have supported Uribism, who are not from machinery, who want to end this situation join in this great national pact against corruption. I don't rule that out.”

Ingrid Betancourt was emphatic in pointing out that the approaches do not correspond to any kind of alliances, but that only a pact against corruption is being made and that the situation has been misunderstood, something that for her demonstrates the clear polarization of the country in the face of the presidential elections that will take place in the country on next Sunday, May 29.

“For me the only valid alliance is that we are calling for a major national pact against corruption. That is all that is on the agenda and there are no ideological exclusions there, but the possibility of meeting with former President Álvaro Uribe is framed in a willingness to talk to all kinds of Colombians,” Betancourt said in an interview with Blu Radio.

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These approaches caused the congressmen of the Green Oxygen party, Humberto de la Calle and Daniel Carvalho, to criticize her for this situation and through a statement they made clear their position on this situation. “It is clearly incoherent to seek alliances with parties such as the Democratic Center. In this case, we are also emphatic in saying that the ideas of former President Uribe thoroughly contradict our convictions and vision of the country.”

At the time Betancourt responded to them through social networks stating that, “it is surprising that when they want to be with Sergio they don't want to be part of the party and when they want to neutralize the party's strategy, now they are from here. We are calling for a major national pact against corruption, where are you?” , however on Blu Radio he was more critical of De la Calle and Carvalho and even suggested that they withdraw from the party.

“There are several options, I think that at some point they should think about withdrawing from the party, because they don't converge with the decisions and I don't see how else this could be solved. They have some obligations to the party,” said the presidential candidate.

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