Álvaro Uribe’s speech in tribute to Miguel Uribe is ‘full of poison’, says Petro

In the midst of posthumous tributes to the Senator Miguel Uribe Turbayhe former President Álvaro Uribethrough a speech read by the National Director of the Democratic Center Party, Gabriel Vallejo, lashed out harshly against the President Gustavo Petroaccusing him of having instigated the attack suffered by the presidential candidate.

“They murdered Miguel, who exercised the critical and reasoned opposition, with the instigation of revenge induced by the President of the Republic, which he found as a crutch accuse of murderer and torturer to former president Turbay, grandfather of our martyr“It was mentioned in the speech.

(Further: ‘I am going to love you every day of my life’: the emotional farewell of Miguel Uribe’s wife).

It is worth mentioning that, following his recent sentence in the first instance to 12 years in house prison for crimes, procedural defraud and bribery in criminal action, the former head of State could not attend the funeral of the congressman.

“In his rabid signaling, the President of the Republic wanted to ignore the contribution that to the peace process with the M-19 gave former president Turbay and Diana, Miguel’s mother, murdered by narcoterrorism“He continued.

(You can read: Former President Uribe accuses President Petro to instigate murder of Uribe Turbay).

Uribe’s messages refer to several trills of President Petro on social network X, in which he pointed to the former President Julio César TurbayMaternal grandfather of Miguel Uribe, to carry, he said, “10,000 Colombians to torture“During his administration, between 1978 and 1982, in which he faced the guerrillas of the Guerrillas April 19 (M-19).

“In the history of the magnicide of our homeland there have been political hatred and criminal actions, but we are facing the exceptional case of presidential discourse, instigator“Uribe said.

Gustavo Petro’s answer

The current head of state, once a member of the aforementioned guerrillas, and who did not attend the funeral of the senator at the request of the family of the late Senator, responded almost immediately to the words of Álvaro Uribe.

In a brief trino, Petro said that Uribe “is full of poison“And he points out to ignore the”genocide“of the Patriotic Union (UP) “and the participation of the State in it“

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Also made an ephemeris of the Murder of the journalist and comedian Jaime Garzónwho died in an act of sicariato a August 13, 1999committed, according to Petro, by “Instigation of an advisor to his government (from Uribe), and assigns as responsible for the current government, when he knows that the indications point to them who murdered the UP. Now people subjudice as yesteryear, mark the line of the extreme right“

In another trino, the current president mentioned the judicial analysis of the Inter -American Court of Human Rightsin which the State was accused of the death of more than 6,000 people, including the presidential candidates Jaime Pardo Leal (1987) and Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa (1990)as well as congressmen, councilors, deputies, mayors, leaders of communal boards, union leaders, students, artists, militants and supporters of the culture and teaching sector, professionals and peasants, according to the Corporation restartcited by the National Historical Memory Center.

(Keep reading: ‘Free of violence’: the clamor after the death of Miguel Uribe for the elections).

“Here, before a fetter, they make fun of justice again. They committed a political genocide, do not hide it“, hill.

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