The prosecutor who was handling the former president’s case Alvaro Uribe for alleged witness tampering and procedural fraud before the Supreme Court He resigned this Tuesday, waiting for this body to file charges against the former president or not.
The current prosecutor, Andrés Palencia, “He presented his resignation this Tuesday.”arguing personal reasons, related to the health of his family“, reported the Prosecutor’s Office in a statement.
Therefore, “with the purpose of continuing the investigative activity related to the process being followed against former President Álvaro Uribe, for procedural fraud and bribery of witnesses, the case has been assigned to the 12th Delegate Prosecutor of the Court,” which is Victor Salcedo.
This change occurs just before the Prosecutor’s Office decides whether to file charges against the former president, after the Justice Department told him for the third time on October 6 that there are reasons for him to do so.
However, they have passed more than three months and the prosecuting body has not yet decided whether to accuse Uribe.
Palencia was assigned in October after the Prosecutor’s Office once again received the Justice’s decision not to file the case against Uribe and ordered that charges be filed.
Then, the prosecutor alluded that he was carrying out “a series of complementary investigative acts” before deciding whether to file the charges.
At that time, the senator Ivan Cepedaa victim in this court case, denounced that the Prosecutor’s Office is favoring “a scenario of impunity” in favor of the former president due to the delay in the process.
“The Attorney General’s Office seeks once again to promote a scenario of impunity in favor of the accused, former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, that has no purpose other than presenting a third request for preclusion and adding time for the criminal action to prescribe“Cepeda and his lawyer, Reinaldo Villalba, then considered.