The sentence in the first instance to 12 years in prison on home regime issued against former president Álvaro Uribe deepens the division in Colombia and unleashes a storm of tensions between his followersthat denounce a political persecution, and their detractors, who consider the ruling a milestone in the fight against impunity.
The so -called ‘Century trial’ has enlarged polarization between left and right that this Saturday discusses on social networks if the penalty imposed is fair, if Judge Sandra Heredia acted according to the law, If Uribe deserves to continue free until the ruling is firm or if the conviction had political motivations, in a controversy that seems to have no end.
To the debate, which has transcended the national borders with pronouncements contrary to the failure of Republican congressmen in the United States, former President Iván Duque (2018-2022) added, who proposed legal action that is supported by millions of people so that Uribe (2002-2010) can continue free while his case is closed. “The presumption of innocence, the judicious appearance of every call of justice, the rigor of its defense and the demonstration of the chain of procedural irregularities, added to the request for exemption of the Public Ministry and its appeal to the ruling, as well as the absence of a single test that validates a condition of determinant, they are sufficient for Álvaro Uribe to continue defending his innocence and demonstrating his innocence.Said Duque. Uribe, 73 and founder of the right -wing party Democratic Center, for which he was elected Duke as senator and president, A fine of more than 3.4 billion Colombian pesos (about 822,000 dollars) was sentenced yesterday in prison for twelve years for more than eight years for the exercise of public functions for the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery in criminal action.
Complaints of persecution of justice Meanwhile, left senator Iván Cepeda, recognized as a victim at the trial, denounced one on Friday night one “fierce persecution“Of the former president against Justice. According to Cepeda, the former president, who has been linked to several processes for alleged links with paramilitary groups during the armed conflict, has undertaken the persecution”Against the Judiciary every time a judge, a prosecutor, a magistrate, a lawyer or a victim has dared to ask that his numerous criminal actions be clarified“
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Cepeda also denounced this Saturday “The infamous lobbying“That, according to him,”are doing in the US“From Uribe and seeks”Not only to weakens the Judiciary, but to generate sanctions for all Colombians not to recover their impunity“, something similar to what happened with the process for coup against the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. In the discussion, a group of 38 jurists who in a statement released today expressed their”deep concern and bewilderment“Faced with Heredia’s decision that”orders the deprivation of personal liberty, immediate“From Uribe,”Without firm the sentence, the human rights standards established in international treaties and in the Constitution are firm.“They pointed out. Call for calm, so the Ombudsman, Iris Marín, made a call to respect judicial independence no longer stigmatize Judge Heredia.”Stigmatize who fulfills their constitutional duty to impart justice undermines judicial independence and its institutional legitimacy. Judicial decisions can be debated, but by means of the rule of law, which is that of the established legal means“Marín warned. According to the official, the case of Uribe” is not a political or electoral debate “and therefore”It is not admissible in a democracy to attack or delegitimize those who utter decisions or insinuate their bias. ”
“Justice is honored with respect to the forms of the process and the authorities,” said the Ombudsman, who invited “To the procedural parties, to the political leaders and the opinion to trust justice, to respect and not stigmatize a judge who has done his job with rectitude and transparency“. The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, very active in social networks, briefly commented yesterday the conviction to Uribe and today published in X a letter full of references to gentlemen fallen nobles and in which, not directly mentioning the former president, says that in his novel,”García Márquez taught us from the Autumn of the Patriarch“
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