© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro speaks throughout a symbolic swearing-in ceremony organized by social, in style, ethnic and ancestral organizations of Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File PictureBOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro appointed two cupboard members on Saturday, a day earlier than taking workplace in a bid to drive deep social and financial change.
Petro appointed Irene Velez as Minister of Mines and Vitality and Alfonso Prada (OTC:) as Inside Minister, he stated on Twitter (NYSE:).
Petro, who opposes fracking and new oil contracts in favor of shifting towards renewable vitality, stated Velez has intensive expertise within the environmental sector and can tackle the “troublesome activity” of main the transition in direction of an economic system not primarily based on extraction.
Prada’s activity shall be working with the legislative department and drawing up insurance policies on human rights. He oversaw the 2014 electoral marketing campaign of former President Juan Manuel Santos and was a high aide in his administration, supporting legislative points related to the peace negotiations with the FARC guerrillas.
