Analyst Luis Guillermo Echeverri Vélez criticizes Colombia's current political landscape as a chaos driven by ethical lapses and personal ambitions. In his view, the nation grapples with ambiguous leadership that favors private interests over constitutional legality. He warns that without restoring justice, democracy remains at risk.
In an analysis published in La República, Luis Guillermo Echeverri Vélez argues that Colombian politics has deteriorated from absurd to ridiculous, with a leadership class disregarding ethics in public management. He points out that since Juan Manuel Santos's era, allies with groups like FARC-EP have normalized corruption and plundered public funds, impoverishing the most vulnerable.
Echeverri highlights Álvaro Uribe's role in the 2018 elections, winning fairly and preventing an alleged handover of power to Gustavo Petro and FARC. However, he criticizes the Democratic Center and the outgoing government for failing to unite, leaving the country to 'irresponsibility and incoherence.' Today, over 90 presidential aspirants chase fame on social media, ignoring their lack of readiness to manage the 'madhouse' Petro leaves in 2026.
The author stresses the need to restore legality to give justice a chance, amid discourses focused on personal attacks rather than real issues like institutional stability. He quotes Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: 'We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we also know they know we know they are lying. But they keep lying.' He warns of populism that blames opponents for ills like hunger and scarcity, akin to past socialist doctrines.
Echeverri concludes that media and networks are filled with 'political trash' fostering social indifference, benefiting those in power.