Cali Council Plenary Ended in Leader-Alderman Fight

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The first decentralized session of the Council of Cali ended in a fight.The dispute began when Andrés López, leader of the commune 20, gave a speech in which he asked Andrés Escobar, the councillor of the Democratic Center accused of firing a blank gun at the protestors of the 2021 strike.López's speech ended abruptly. They removed his microphone and left the stand. Moments later, he was unbelieved by Escobar.Some escorts grabbed Lopez and began…

What was supposed to be a space for dialogue between authorities and citizens ended in chaos. During the first decentralized session of the Cali City Council, held at the Alcides Nieto Patiño Velodrome as part of the Council in the Territories program, a violent physical confrontation erupted between Councilman Andrés Escobar, of the Centro Democrático party, and Andrés López, a well-known leader of the 20th district of Siloé. Witnesses to the i…