Social networks have reacted this Wednesday with sarcasm to the actions of the mayoress of Bogotá, Claudia López, as a military leader.
“Squad, what is our Army slogan?” she exclaims in a video.
There is a second of doubt, until some supposed subordinates respond without much emotion: "Homeland Honor and Loyalty!".
She is not satisfied and it is evident.
She raises her voice, demands that they "honor the Army" and asks them the motto again.
She is all dressed in a green uniform, with makeup that camouflages her face and with a blue object with the shape and dimensions of a rifle.
The performance was part of a course that López is taking with his partner, Senator Angélica Lozano.
This is an already common program, which seeks to promote the integration and contact of business leaders, politicians and civil society with senior military officers.
The Comprehensive National Defense Course (CIDENAL), for example, is aimed at senior government officials and states that one of its objectives is to "strengthen the mechanisms to manage civil and military relations."
The exercise was intended for the mayoress to experience for herself how military orders are given.
“Under harassment, keep faith and discipline.
Follow the orders of your squad commander, ”he orders his subordinates.
The Army presents itself as a brave, responsible and committed entity: “If the platoon is divided, follow the orders of the commander in charge of the group in which they were left.
And rest assured that he will do everything in his power to take care of their lives and get them ahead.
Opponents of Claudia López have taken the opportunity to criticize her.
"Tell me that you are a paramilitary, if you tell me that you are a paramilitary," she expressed on Twitter the Electoral Feminism account, usually hostile to the Bogota leader.
"It's a pity that this military costume doesn't cover the holes in the city," commented Alejandro Mantilla.
Finally, some like Juanda Moca pointed out the machismo that is sometimes associated with the Army: “Nothing more 'patriarchal'.
That lady has a delicate disorder.”
Senator Angélica Lozano has come out to answer the questions.
“That a congressman from the Patriotic Union, the legal secretary of the president [Gustavo] Petro, senior managers of the Ministry of Defense, Claudia and I take a course on defense and security together, does it make us paramilitaries?
Is it patriarchal and disorder? ”, she responded in messages on Twitter.
According to her, in the course there are politicians from the Historical Pact, the government coalition, and there is nothing wrong in showing closeness to the military: "The forces are a structural part of the State and democracy."
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