Who owns the bank account collecting money for Petro's National Constituent Assembly?
President Petro spoke about the Constituent Assembly during Labor Day. Photo: Mauricio Moreno - Portafolio
TL;DR
- President Gustavo Petro encouraged citizens to donate to a bank account for a National Constituent Assembly.
- The bank account is registered to Armando Custodio Wouriyú Valbuena, spokesperson for the promoter committee.
- The committee aims to raise approximately $2.060 million pesos to fund signature collection for the Constituent Assembly.
- The initiative faces questions regarding institutional control and the supervision of collected funds.
- The Registraduría stated that financial oversight is not within its purview, deferring to the National Electoral Council (CNE).
- The committee has collected about 900,000 signatures, falling short of the 2.3 million required to file the bill, with a political goal of five million signatures.
- The spokesperson emphasized the committee's citizen-led nature, composed of indigenous, raizal, Rom, and peasant communities, differentiating it from the government's role.