"Who sets that price? You spoke to me about sovereignty, is it true? Why is that price set by a gas importer? Why is it hidden from Colombia that we have been importing gas for years? No, it is that sovereignty is lost if this gas comes from Venezuela", said President Gustavo Petro. He added that it would be cheaper if it were from Venezuela. "So, we have to maintain this import regime with a gas four times more expensive than lowering it and making it four times cheaper with the gas that would be owned by Ecopetrol," he pointed out.