The murder of the presidential senator and candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay generated pronouncements from various political sectors and He opened the debate on the judicial and political consequences of the fact.
The Attorney General’s Office cataloged him as a magnicidewhile the family defense announced that it will request that the crime of terrorism be included, arguing that Uribe Turbay was a member of an opposition party.
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In accordance with information from the time research unit, with the legal representation of family members, The intention is that people linked to the case, both those captured and the alleged intellectual authors, face positions for aggravated homicide and terrorism. Judicial proceedings are advanced against six defendants, while investigations continue to establish additional responsibilities.
In the political sphere, the crime led to internal reflections in the Democratic Center, a community to which the senator belonged. Gabriel Vallejo, director of the party, declared that it has not yet been defined who will assume the curul that was vacant.
“I believe that this will generate a deep reflection inside the game and we will look at what will happen. I would do badly to tell the country what is the way to follow. But I can tell the Colombian people that the Democratic Center will not let the death of Miguel Uribe in vain”He said.
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The Senator’s family will also ask to impute the crime of terrorism.
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Vallejo added that the community will take into account the congressman’s family to preserve his legacy. “We will consider the vision and contribution of Miguel’s family in the decisions taken around his seat and his work in the Senate”He said.
The uncertainty about replacement in the seat was partially clarified by electoral law experts. Patricia Muñoz Yi, Postgraduate Director of the Faculty of Political Science of the Javeriana University, He explained that the seat must be occupied by the person who, according to the results of the legislative elections, obtained the greatest vote after the official adjudication of positions in the Senate.
“I understand that she is a candidate for surname war. For our electoral system and the distribution of seats, it must go to the hands of who was left with the greatest vote after the distribution”He said.
The time established that it is María Angélica Guerra López, who was a candidate for the Senate by the Democratic Center and occupied the fourteenth place among the largest votes on the list with 37,928 votes. To accept the designation, Guerra López would complete the legislative period in the seat left by Uribe Turbay.
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María Angélica Guerra López, with 37,928 votes, could assume the vacancy in the Senate.
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By electoral law, the succession of a seat in the Senate follows the order of the list with which the party or political movement competed in the elections. In the event that the person called to occupy the decline position, the next one continues in the list, Always respecting the vote obtained in the electoral contest.
The Congress of the Republic confirmed that the body of the legislator will be veiled in the burning chamber in the National Capitol, in a ceremony with the assistance of congressmen, authorities and representatives of various sectors. The Bank of the Democratic Center said that, in addition to judicial actions, It will promote political control debates and propose reforms that strengthen the security of political and social leaders in the country.
Research for the magnicide and the decision on the seat will be developed in parallelin a context marked by the general rejection of crime and the expectation for the judicial and political advances that derive in the coming weeks.
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