In a short press release the government denied a complaint filed before the Supreme Court by former Superintendent of Notaries and Registration Manuel Cuello Baute that 34 Congressmen received 79 notaries after voting in favor of Uribe’s 2006 re-election. The government says that the notaries were assigned due to their formation and affinity to the due administration. Cuello Baute clarifyed in his own press release that he had only accused only two congressmen and for reasons other than what the Colombian media is reporting. What is the game? (more…)
On 2009/06/28, In Politics, By Albeiro Rodas
On 2009/06/11, In Politics, By Sebastian Castaneda
Colombian politics can be corrupted, elite controlled, closely linked to the paramilitaries, but is it never boring and for an outsider (with a sense of black humor) is always plain amusing.
This is attested by the following interesting twists that have recently taken place in the Colombian political landscape.
In Colombia, the Congressmen who were bribed to vote, or to miss the vote, for amending the constitution so Uribe could run for a second term were found guilty by the Supreme Court and sent to jail. Yet the inspector General absolved the government officials who bribed these same people.
In Colombia, one of ministers who was absolved by the Inspector General conveniently claimed that the Supreme Court was politicizing justice. (more…)
On 2008/06/29, In Politics, By Albeiro Rodas
By Albeiro Rodas
A new political crisis has put the Colombian Peso and the Dollar in a frenetic dance of revaluations and devaluations. The Supreme Court of Justice’s decision to sentence the ex-Senator Yidis Medina, who confessed that she accepted bribery from the government in order to support the constitutional reform that allowed the consecutive presidential election, caused also that the 2006 – 2010 presidential period was questioned in its legality. To this, President Álvaro Uribe called almost soon after the Yidis´ sentence for a referendum to repeat the 2006 elections, an event that created strong reactions from Uribe´s opponents and an institutional crisis. (more…)
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