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  • Colombia Gustavo Petro exhibits Simón Bolívar's sword without warning and the King does not rise

The Government of Pedro Sánchez does not plan to apologize for the gesture of Felipe VI in Colombia, where this Sunday he remained seated at the passage of Simón Bolívar's sword during the inauguration of

Gustavo Petro

as the new president.

An attitude that Podemos and Sánchez's pro-independence partners brand as "disrespectful", which is why they demand to apologize and clarify if there was a political indication.

Two issues that the socialist side of the Executive has quickly ruled out by encompassing the matter in a "protocol" issue and defining it as a "summer controversy."

The Minister of Culture, Miquel Iceta, has considered "disproportionate" and "crazy" the demands of his fundamental partners to apologize to Colombia and has demanded "not give more importance" to the fact, which has also generated controversy on the other side of the puddle

"I don't know if a sword passes me in front if I have to get up", warned Iceta in an interview granted to RNE in which he has put himself in the same place as Felipe VI to frame the fact of stand up or remain seated during the different parts of an inauguration like the one the monarch attended in Colombia.

More so, she has emphasized, when the "presence" of Simón Bolívar's sword was decided "at the last moment".

"It was a sudden thing," the minister settled.

With these words, the Government seeks to close the controversy and reject the demands of its Council of Ministers.

The head of Social Rights and leader of Podemos, Ione Belarra, demanded an official apology from Bogotá

late on Monday

, and the parliamentary spokesman for the

purples

, Pablo Echenique, announced that Podemos will ask the Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, if Felipe VI's gesture is "endorsed" at a political level by the Executive.

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