The authorized course of in opposition to former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez will proceed its course after the Judge of the forty fourth Circuit of the Criminal Chamber with judicial operate of Bogotá rejected the withdrawal request offered by his protection.
This determination, which considers the request “inadmissible,” ensures that the case of witness tampering, bribery and fraud of course of in opposition to the previous president will proceed with out interruption.
The choose dominated that the choice doesn’t settle for any attraction, vacating the ultimate determination and permitting the Attorney General’s Office to proceed with authorized motion. A earlier protection lawyer argued that there have been gaps within the justice system, particularly on the impeachment stage, however the choose rejected these arguments. “On that benefit and nonetheless confirmed, the annulment request requested by the technical protection of Álvaro Uribe Vélez is completely denied. Its absolute refusal is obligatory,” mentioned the choose.
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The trial, which is going down in Bogotá, may even see the inclusion of victims within the course of. Among them are Iván Cepeda and Deyanira Gómez, former associate of Juan Guillermo Monsalve, who had been acknowledged by the choose as events.
It is price mentioning that within the final trial, the Prosecutor’s Office mentioned: “”Based on bodily proof and essential components collected and studied by the workplace when this file was distributed three months in the past, the prosecutor appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice filed a case in opposition to the previous member of parliament Álvaro Uribe Vélez, as a perpetrator of bribery of witnesses in felony trials and rigging of proceedings.
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