Vice President José Manuel Restrepo stood by Ricardo Valencia, the former director of DANE who was dismissed by the government: “I am here to do my job.”

Ricardo Valencia was declared insubsistente (dismissed) by the Colombian government from his position as director general of the Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) after serving for less than a month under President Abelardo de la Espriella. Following his departure, Vice President José Manuel Restrepo distanced himself from the situation, stating regarding the dismissal and associated events, "Yo aquí ejerzo mi tarea."

Concurrently, the dismissal sparked political controversy and allegations of government censorship. Representative Mafe Carrascal of the Pacto Histórico political coalition publicly accused the administration of canceling a DANE press conference concerning national inflation figures. Carrascal denounced the move on social media, warning that the administration's actions risk leaving the public without access to crucial economic information.