Controversy and Criticism
Castro was an eccentric man, who was described as wearing a cape, a ceremonial sword, a large pointy hat, and other such articles of man's fashion from 1767.
When he assumed the presidency, one of his conditions was, that he could leave the sessions of Congress at a certain time, to go and feed his dog; in another occasion, it is said, that when he was called to appear to go to the Counsel, he replied that he would go after he finished grooming his dog. His time in power was complicated by the confrontation between centralists and federalists, and Nariño was forced to come back and take back the presidency.
Pablo Morillo did not know what to do with him, he was too eccentric, and during his time in power was criticized for being too inept, he posed no danger to the Reconquista, and Morillo finally decided to expel him from Bogotá, and sent him to Tunja, with the excuse of having weapons in his house, the weapon being a ceremonial sword he always carried,
After his death, the newspaper La Miscelánea, printed a very critical obituary of him for being single his whole life, because, as he said "...It is to much to risk uniting with a woman, whose character may be assumed, but never understood...".
Read more about this topic: Manuel Benito De Castro
Famous quotes containing the words controversy and/or criticism:
“Ours was a highly activist administration, with a lot of controversy involved ... but I’m not sure that it would be inconsistent with my own political nature to do it differently if I had it to do all over again.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world—though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst—the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)