“They do not fit the slightest doubt that we will exhaust all instances,” said the director of the Democratic Center.
The Democratic Center spoke after the 12 -year prison sentence against former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez was known for the crimes of bribery in criminal action and procedural fraud.
The director of the community, Gabriel Vallejo, regretted this judicial determination and said they feel “Deep pain and outrage when knowing the unfair and infamous conviction.”
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However, Vallejo said they respect the judicial ruling in the first instance, but they will defend the innocence of Álvaro Uribe until the end. “They do not have the slightest doubt that we will exhaust all instances, All procedural resources to continue demonstrating and demonstrate until the end the innocence of Álvaro Uribe Vélez ”.
“The world, Colombia, must know that today an innocent man is being condemned to which procedural guarantees were violated. Colombia and the world must know that Colombian justice has been instrumentalized for political purposes. The Democratic Center today more than ever will defend the innocence, truth and freedom of its president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, ”he said.
Other leaders of the Democratic Center They spoke saying that behind this decision there are political motivations. This was indicated by Senator Paloma Valenciawho hinted that it is a strategy to get it out of the 2026 contest.
“Does a political blow begin to materialize to get it out of the electoral contest when your popularity shoots? Just as Miguel was taken with an attack. They say that they will give house arrest to President Uribe, if so, the political intention to get him out of the campaign is very clear. The political purpose is made clear, ”he said.
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Senator María Fernanda Cabal pronounced himself by saying: “Condemning to Uribe is to condemn her legacy, While we have a president who is an pardoned guerrilla, ”he said.
The presidential candidates of the Democratic Center will begin a tour of the United States and Europe to defend the innocence of former president Álvaro Uribe before the international community and denounce that he has been the victim of a political persecution.
Source: Integrated information system
