Colombia's president‑elect Abelardo de la Espriella announces 229 admin cuts, ends peace commissioner and appoints new能源

President‑elect Abelardo de la Espriella used his third televised address to detail a sweeping reorganisation of the Colombian executive. He said 229 positions in the Presidency will be eliminated, including the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, the Advisory Council for National Reconciliation and the Presidential Advisory for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. The functions of those bodies will be transferred to the ministries of Interior, Defense and Foreign Affairs, with an expected annual saving of about 10 000 billion pesos. He also announced the creation of a new Comisionado Nacional de Seguridad to work with Justice and Interior ministries.

De la Espriella criticised former FARC commander Rodrigo Londoño (alias “Timochenko”), stating “Timochenko debe estar preso de por vida” and declaring the end of what he called “procesos de falsa paz”. He pledged to pursue legal avenues to imprison the ex‑guerrilla leader.

In the same speech he named María Nohemí Arboleda as the incoming Minister of Mines and Energy, emphasizing a push for energy sovereignty, renewed oil‑and‑gas contracts and, if needed, unconventional extraction. He also launched a digital “Banco de Talentos” platform that uses artificial intelligence to select public‑sector staff on merit, and announced a “puente laboral” with Magneto and Marble to help public employees displaced by the restructuring find private‑sector jobs.