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Teléfono con burbujas de chat abstractas sobre una pila de documentos oficiales
Un teléfono con mensajes de chat sobre documentos oficiales, imagen alusiva a la conversación en poder de la justicia. · Imagen generada por EPM

Petro and Rodríguez chat is now with the justice system

According to the report, a November 3, 2025 chat between Gustavo Petro and Angie Rodríguez is now with the justice system and is linked to two Dapre contracts…

--- The context --- In Colombia, how the presidency hires matters because it shows whether access to public jobs depends on merit or on proximity to power. That is why a private conversation between the then president and the then head of the Administrative Department of the Presidency, known as Dapre, draws attention when linked to a specific hire. --- The facts --- According to the report, a chat between then President Gustavo Petro and Angie Rodríguez, a former Dapre director, dated November 3, 2025, is now in the hands of the justice system. In that exchange, Petro reportedly asked to bring to the presidency a woman who worked at the Health Ministry, arguing, as attributed, that she could help improve the image of communications. According to the same report, Rodríguez replied that she would contact her. According to the reports, the woman signed a contract with Dapre on November 20, 2025, for more than 15 million pesos over two months, as a liaison for the administrative management of communication strategies. On January 30, 2026, she renewed for 121 million pesos, with fees of 11 million pesos per month, to monitor media and support the communications strategy of the Chief of Staff office. Together they total more than 137 million pesos. According to the reports, she had more than ten contracts since 2023 in at least five entities, including the Justice, Health and Mines ministries, the Family Subsidy Superintendency and Dapre, for close to 800 million pesos. --- The positions --- The contractor stated that she arrived at Dapre on the recommendation of Andrés Hernández, that she completed the assigned work in both contracts and that she is not part of any network. She also denied sentimental or sexual relations with government figures and denied receiving contracts in exchange for favors. Hernández, as reported, defended her by attributing her hiring to her professionalism and her experience in social media, a version based on ability. --- What remains unknown --- There is still no known conclusion from the justice system on the conversation or on the other hires that, according to the report, Petro mentioned at the end of the chat and that would also be investigated. No official assessment confirming or ruling out irregularities is yet available. --- Unanswered questions --- What will the justice system determine about the November 3, 2025 chat and its relationship to the later contracts? Will documentary evidence show how the profile was evaluated before each Dapre hire? What explanations will be given about the other hires mentioned at the close of the conversation? --- EPM analysis --- The case requires separating three levels that public debate often mixes together. First, the attributed existence of a presidential instruction. Second, the timeline between the chat and the signings on November 20, 2025 and January 30, 2026. Third, the broader contracting record since 2023. Joining them without proof would be hasty, but ignoring their coincidence would weaken citizen oversight. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, this episode should be resolved with documents, verifiable selection criteria and an investigation that distinguishes among a political recommendation, a hire supported by experience and a possible irregularity that has not yet been proven. The defense offered by the contractor and by Hernández deserves to be heard with the same seriousness as the questions about public resources. Only a transparent review, contract by contract, can protect both the presumption of innocence and the citizen right to demand that every public peso be assigned on verifiable merit.
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