Petro had castigated his cabinet on state television last week and said that the underperforming government.
President Gustavo Petro caused government chaos when he demanded that the entire cabinet resigns.
The president called on ministers and other senior officials on Sunday to resign. This decision occurred in the middle of a arrow tension after Petro castigated his team on live television, while some members of the government condemned recent appointments.
“There will be changes in the office to obtain greater compliance with the program commissioned by people,” Petro wrote on the social media platform X.
Shortly after, the Minister of Labor, Gloria Ramirez, announced her resignation on the social media platform X.
“Politics must take place without sectarianism and without ambiguities,” she said.
Building tension
The tension was built in government in the weeks which followed that Petro has appointed new ministers.
Some members of the cabinet protested, expressing the disapproval of the appointment of Laura Sarabia, the former Petro chief of staff, as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The appointment last month came when Petro hired US President Donald Trump in a confrontation on migrant expulsion flights.
Sarabia was involved in an investigation into corruption and was also involved in an alleged illegal electronic listening case.
The tension only increased when last week Petro submitted the office to a five -hour public home live on state television.
He has accused several officials, including his ministers, education and health, of delaying the delivery of key projects.
“ False stories ”
Just before the president’s call for the cabinet to leave, Susana Muhamad has resigned as Minister of the Environment, citing the opposition to the appointment of Armando Benedetti to the cabinet.
Several other ministers have also complained of the appointment, Benedetti facing allegations of violence against women and the influence of pedestal.
Petro’s key help, Benedetti said that false stories were told about him.
In addition to the Minister of Labor and the Environment, the Minister of Culture Juan David Correa and Jorge Rojas, the head of the Dapre State Agency, who manages large quantities of public funds, also resigned in the middle of the Crisis in progress.
