In the last hours, In response to the settlement request submitted by Thomas Gre, lawyer Germán Calderón España submitted his letter of resignation regarding the authority granted to him solely to represent the portfolio and the revolving fund.g, but also requested the bilateral termination of his contract at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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EL TIEMPO learned for the first time about the letter submitted by the lawyer to the conciliation committee and Here he assures that he reiterates his position on the legal debate regarding the declaration of invalidity of the first tender process declared invalid by presidential order.
Yes ok, The State Legal Defense Office acknowledges that the case poses a high risk of future property damage, having been warned by the Comptroller’s Office and the Attorney General’s OfficeAccording to him, administrative actions benefit from the principle of presumption of legality.
In this context, Calderon states: “I would like to reiterate my position on a particular legal debate in response to the modal circumstances surrounding it, among them the concepts of the State’s National Legal Defense Agency, as it represents a high risk of future property damage.However, according to the decision of the Comptroller General of the Republic and the Lawyer Delegate of Preventive Public Duty, the charged administrative acts were printed under the principle of the presumption of legality and are in accordance with the constitutional and contractual rules in force in Colombia.
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Calderón says He will not charge any fee for either his advice or the power of attorney he uses. In practice this means: There was a significant decline in the Prime Minister’s Conciliation Committee, which met on Thursday, December 14, to decide whether to accept the reconciliation offer submitted by Thomas Greg.
Actually, lawyer Calderón España, He was not only the representative of the Ministry and the Revolving Fund in response to the Conciliation request submitted by Thomas Greg, but also a trusted man of Chancellor Ávaro Leyva and his director of international legal affairs.Juan Carlos Losada Perdomo.
In fact, he appears as the latter’s personal representative before the Attorney General’s Office. for the charges brought against him by Judge Alejandro Ramelli of the Special Jurisdiction for the Peace (JEP) regarding the alleged disappearance of 500 pages. Meta has a file on extrajudicial killings.
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yes ok The case has already been closed in favor of Losada before the Prosecutor General’s Office, while in the Prosecutor’s Office – as told to EL TIEMPO – Calderón España himself, Losada has not yet been summoned.
The lawyer, an expert in constitutional and disciplinary law, also authorized other members of the diplomatic service. Those whose appointments were requested included Álvaro Moisés Ninco Daza, Colombia’s ambassador to Mexico.
Moreover, He is known as the person who in 2012 overthrew the so-called millionaire pensions, which today save the State 1 billion pesos.
After learning about the resignation letter EL TIEMPO contacted Calderón España, who stated that all he had to say on the matter was the information contained in the document.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources told EL TIEMPO: His resignation stems from his alleged avoidance of taking a legal position on the concept of the State Legal Defense Agency.; But those close to Calderon said this evening that he gave EL TIEMPO a document in which he stated that a partial compromise was needed because of the high likelihood of harm.
And the same Agency warned There is a high probability that the 117 billion pesos demand announced by the company will be to the detriment of the nation.
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TIME had already announced this Silvia Carrizosa, the State Department’s director of humanitarian capabilities, had already requested that Calderón España establish a position and, upon his refusal, warned her that she would seek to have the contract canceled.
In that case, Calderón España said that this was a personal position, not that of the State Department, and that he had the full support of Álvaro Leyva.
Resignation of lawyer Calderón España settled at a time when his former boss, Álvaro Leyva, was facing a debate over political control in the Senate’s second commission. About the passport issue.
The senators of the Historical Pact described him as arrogant and told him: He had not satisfactorily answered the questions put to him, so he will now be summoned again at a significant loss to his legal team.
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At nine o’clock on the morning of Thursday, December 14, the Prime Ministry Conciliation Committee was called to a meeting. person who must take a judicial position before the Attorney General’s Office next Friday.
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