Colombian Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla resigned on Wednesday at the request of President Gustavo Petro, following claims that he turned a blind eye to MP bribery.
A former advisor accused Bonilla this week of knowing that lawmakers were being paid off in exchange for supporting Petro’s promised reforms.
The attorney general’s office alleges that the bribes were paid with $200,000 from public funds. Bonilla has kept his innocence.
But Petro said at a press conference that Bonilla would be replaced by his deputy, Diego Guevara.
Petro told reporters he had asked for Bonilla’s resignation “not because I believe he is guilty, but because they want to destroy him for his loyalty” to the president.
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