State Council leaves firm election of Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo

The Fifth section of the State Council denied several claims of electoral nullity that sought to knock down the election of the Attorney General, Luz Adriana Camargo, So he firmly left his choice as head of that organism.

The plaintiffs claimed that the prosecutor’s election was vitiated and that would have meant conflict of interest. On the other hand, they also argued that the lack of a man in the list presented by President Gustavo Petro violated the right to gender parity.

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Let us remember that The questioned list was initially integrated by Ángela María Buitrago Ruiz, Amparo Cerón Ojeda and Amelia Pérez Parra; The latter resigned to make way for Camargo.

The court indicated that, After assessing some tests presentedit was determined that the President of the Republic was in obligation to contemplate at least a woman in the conformation of the list for the Prosecutor’s Office to guarantee gender parity.

It is worth mentioning that the Supreme Court of Justice had received an initial listbut it did not have the supports to prove compliance with the requirements by the ternadas.

On the other hand, it was pointed out that President Petro had to refrain or declare himself prevented To postulate the list, since His son and brother were being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Officeof which they are even directly related to Petro President’s same campaign.

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It was also explained that Pérez Parra was not chosen in a session that obtained 13 supportsbecause the required majority were 16 votes.

In conclusion, The fifth section found that alleged nullity vices were not accreditedso, consequently, the nullity claims alleged by the actors were denied.