"Álvaro Uribe Vélez has been an impeccable man": Iván Duque is pronounced after failure against the former president

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“Álvaro Uribe Vélez is not alone. We are millions of Colombians who have seen their innocence proven throughout this process full of irregularities and infamies. We have seen how not only illegal interceptions were made, highly questionable star witnesses were brought, a call to investigation was approved to an imputation, ”he said.

Duke warns that this case should be informed of international instances, since an innocent citizen is being condemned, who has worked for Colombia.

“Make calls to all international entities and International instances for the protection of human rights to pay attention to what is happening In Colombia. Álvaro Uribe Vélez has been an impeccable, transparent man, who has given his life to Colombia. And we do not go Colombians to let their name be tainted by their malquerientes, who have always intended to mitigate it, ”he said.

For its part, former President Andrés Pastrana He sympathized with Álvaro Uribe, said he hopes he can demonstrate his innocence in later instances, but warned that judicial decisions must be respected.

“The arguments presented by Mrs. Judge are debatable, but we must respect them, Because in this hour of uncertainty and crisis, the only sensible and serious alternative that has Colombian democracy is to defend the stability of its institutions, ”he said.

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“I trust that the judicial paths that President Uribe still has at his disposal, completed in the final recognition of his innocence,” he said.

The Democratic Center announced that the case against Uribe will lead to international instances, after considering that several procedural guarantees were violated in this case.