Crushes in the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petros after a chaotic television meeting of the Council of Ministers.

As a result, Interior Minister Juan Fernando Christo called for the massive resignation of the entire cabinet, saying it was no longer “no viable”.

A close associate of the president has already resigned, as government rates have begun to retreat a year before the next election.

A majority cabinet would allow Peter “to make the changes it considers necessary to face the challenges ahead of it,” Christo said on Wednesday in a post on X.

Jorge Rochas, head of the head of the Presidency, announced his resignation about an hour earlier in an interview with W Radio. He had replaced Laura Sarabia, a strong Peter’s ally who took over as foreign minister just last week.

The coin’s reaction to developments was moderate, with the Colombian peso limiting some of its previous losses and moving to the pace of other Latin America coins. However, the controversy in the cabinet is expected to intensify credibility problems for Peter’s government that could harm the investment climate, according to Gilberto Hernandez-Gomez, Latin America analyst at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA.

“The point is that the country must reflect the credibility of policy on budget, they can’t really afford another year like the previous one,” he said.

At the six -hour meeting of Tuesday night’s cabinet, which was broadcast to transmit a message in favor of transparency, ministers exchanged attacks and submitted personal complaints. The meeting revealed a clear rift among officials of believers in the president and those who criticize his decisions in the midst of various scandals.

Vice -President Francia Marquez, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad, programming leader Alexander Lopez and other key officials openly expressed their complaints about the return to the Armando Benedetti government, a former ambassador to Venezuela, and the 30 -year -old ambassador. They argued that they did not represent the political plan on which Peter became the first left -wing president of the Andean country.

Peter defended his officials and said his government was not “sectarian”, adding that everyone was worth a second chance.

Colombia is facing deep fiscal problems amid lower than expected tax revenue and low economic growth. The government has also declared an emergency in the northeast, where it faces armed guerrilla groups. During the six -hour session, Peter did not raise the ongoing crisis in the Katyubo area, which was hit by severe incidents of violence last month, resulting in 50,000 people displaced.

And in an unexpected move at the beginning of the meeting, the President called on the state -owned oil production company Ecopetrol SA to sell its activities in the US, citing the position of his government against Fracking, which says it is destructive to nature and humanity .