 Speaking at the opening session of Congress, President Petro said he would make sure that those implicated in the scandal faced justice. He said he took responsibility for having appointed the director of Colombia's Risk Assessment and Prevention Department, Olmedo Lopez, who's at the center of the alleged corruption scheme. He has now been dismissed. Prosecutors say that millions of dollars of public funds earmarked to help drought-affected areas and other important projects have been siphoned off.