The President went on to state that he would respect the decisions of the prosecutors and justice system. In an interview with TIME (August 8, 1994), Samper was convinced that Colombia was going to win the War on Drugs. As the voices were confirmed by police technicians, and more evidence mounted that the Samper campaign received drug trafficking money, Pastrana demanded the resignation of his political rival. The similarities between the 8.000 process which Samper claims “occurred behind his back” and the growing scandal in Colombia with alleged drug money infiltrating the Petro campaign, have the potential to hit the historical “reset” button and plunge the Petro presidency into a deep political crisis. In the meantime, despite a nation’s collective amnesia with corruption, and “total peace” agenda that appears to legalize drug money, many are now wondering if Petro is inching toward a similar political fate as that of Ernesto Samper.