The Attorney General’s Office provisionally suspended the Mayor of Medellin, Daniel Quintero. This, after a video in which the president appears inside a truck, holding a gear lever and operating it to the left.
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Then he says: “The change, first.”
Attorney Margarita Cabello Blanco spoke about it: “The Attorney General’s Office has the constitutional and legal competence to investigate, provisionally suspend and sanction, even with dismissal and disability, all public servants in the country, including those elected by popular vote.“.
Cabello announced that a investigation and provisional suspension from office to 4 public officials for “the alleged and repeated intervention in political activities and controversies”.
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In addition to Quintero, it includes Andrés Fabián Hurtado Barrera, mayor of Ibagué, Gustavo Adolfo Herrera Zapata, who is a councilor from Calarcá (Quindio), and Grenfell Lozano Guerrero, representative of Nátaga (Huila).
The senior official called attention to the actions of thes public servants: “As attorney general, I must always try to have balance and avoid being part of the controversies, and I am doing so, but I tell you, as I expressed the day of my inauguration: do not make a mistake with me. The Attorney General’s Office will continue to be vigilant, and acting rigorously and forcefully to guarantee democratic and transparent elections,” said Cabello.
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Currently, the Public Ministry advances more than 500 disciplinary investigations for alleged political involvement.
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