Víctor Muñoz, director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic, and the legal secretary of the Presidency, Germán Quintero, assured that, in reference to the decision of the Administrative Court of Magdalena to impose a fine of two minimum wages to the president of Colombia Iván Duque, the entity “does not have the competence to impose said sanction”.
“For us it is important to mention that the national government has been complying with said sentence, in the understanding that the technical tables have been developed with the District, receiving the different projects to be able to comply with the sentence,” said the official.
He added that “to date, there are 25 projects received; technical and budgetary details are still missing, as well as the possibility of receiving more projects to be implemented by virtue of the ruling”.
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According to the officials, the constitutional jurisdiction of the president will be defended in all jurisdictional and disciplinary instances that may arise, including the Judicial Discipline Commission.
“It should be mentioned that said contempt sentence is not final. The second, the presidential jurisdiction, in this case, because we will also take the case before the Judicial Discipline Commission, as has been done in previous instances, when the jurisdiction itself has not been respected, as established by the Constitution,” Muñoz said. .
The Presidency of the Republic had been notified this Friday of the incident of contempt of the compliance law, related with the 500 years of the District of Santa Martha, but the government clarified that said sentence of contempt is not final.
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“Indeed, and regardless of all the procedural aspects that have been discussed, it is clear that the Administrative Court of Magdalena does not have the competence to impose this sanction on the President of the Republic, which is why I reiterate what the director has said and is that we will defend the constitutional jurisdiction of the president in all jurisdictional and disciplinary instances that may arise,” added Quintero.
