Colombia's president urges "that we shouldn't talk about who's to blame' for his mistakes
by Adriaan Alsema June 20, 2020
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque admitted his idea to organize a tax-free shopping day in the midst of a pandemic was a mistake, but stressed “we shouldn’t ask ourselves who’s to blame.”
“Imbecile” went trending on Twitter on Saturday morning in reference to the president over the epidemiological nightmare that has since been called “Covid Friday.”
In what Duque called part of his plan to reactivate the economy, the president revived a campaign promise to introduce three days without sales tax in the weeks leading up to the projected peak of coronavirus deaths amidst the pandemic.
The tax-free shopping day turned into such a potentially deadly disaster — with huge crowds gathered at large retailers to take advantage of what was basically a 19% discount — it reached international headlines.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombias-president-urges-we-shouldnt-talk-about-whos-to-blame-for-his-mistakes/
