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Ecopetrol’s board has approved a temporary leave for Ricardo Roa, keeping him out of office until Colombia’s presidential elections wrap up at the end of June.

Ecopetrol faces a $30 billion USD debt and a looming national strike as the labor union demands the removal of President Ricardo Roa.

The oil and gas workers union called for the removal of Ecopetrol’s president following formal influence-peddling charges filed by Colombia’s Attorney.

Ricardo Roa's appointment to head the state-controlled petroleum giant came after he managed Gustavo Petro's presidential campaign.

Until now, Colombia's current president has not been seriously tied to narcotics, however he once belonged to a homicidal guerilla group.

The charges come as Ecopetrol faces scrutiny over corporate governance and reporting of petroleum reserves.

Roa and Jaramillo face court demands for over $2.25 billion COP in unpaid debts to Sociedad Aérea de Ibagué.

The CUT’s two-day general strike was peaceful but small; it failed to build momentum for the Labor Reform Referendum as intended.

In addition to the investigation into his role in the presidential campaign and appointment of the president of ISA, Roa is also allegedly implicated in a corruption scandal at Ecopetrol

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has taken a definitive anti-petroleum stance, and has appointed his former campaign manager as Ecopetrol's CEO.