From the country’s attorney general, Bucaramanga, daisy hairhe replied President Gustavo PetroStating on Twitter that the Attorney General will oppose international authorities by suspending congressmen.
(You may be interested: Prosecution’s inspection at Casa de Nariño is progressing in the case of Laura Sarabia and the ex-nanny).
“I don’t have time to object. The reality is that 3,000 or 4,000 requests come to the Attorney General’s office daily from citizens who ask for support from this organization, and we receive about 5,000 disciplinary complaints monthly. Imagine, it’s almost impossible with other things if I had time to deal with it,” said the official.
And he added: “I am much more concerned with the demands that citizens make of me who are concerned about insecurity, immigration issues, the killing of social leaders, mercury pollution issues. Like labour, health care and pensions. So it will be controversial or listen to what the President has to say about it.” imagine I have time.
(You may be interested: Outgoing auditor Rodríguez requests the resignation of the protocol from the directors of the organization).
The lawyer’s response came to a joke that President Petro made this Monday, where he said: “The problem is a lawyer suing to dismiss elected congressmen from the Historical Pact, evading the IACHR (sic) ruling on my case, the law and the constitution. and in this way change the relationship of power and representation of the people”, the President issued, referring to the sentence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which said that imitation of political rights can only be done with a sentence of a criminal judge.
In response to this statement, the lawyer also said: “Thank God there is a democracy in Colombia that demands respect for institutions and the separation of powers to be guaranteed. Are judicial and administrative decisions such as disciplinary punishment respected in this country? They stick to each other and argue or oppose. it is done in performance if they want”.
Cabello, under the Attorney General’s constitutional provision, “It has the power to investigate, prosecute and punish public officials, including those elected by popular vote.. These powers are in effect today, and we will always use them in accordance with legal process, because no one will take it away from us.”
It should be noted that the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor has been suspended for eight months in the last few days. Historical Pact senator Álex FlórezHe admitted that it was unfair to insult three police officers in Cartagena, whom he called murderers, for a crime they did not commit.
(We invite you to read: Attention: Álex Flórez has been convicted by the Attorney General for a scandal in Cartagena).
The repentant congressman’s defense contested the sanction because Flórez did not accept the amount of suspension he said he would spend doing social work with the police.
Another action carried out by the Ministry of Public Affairs in the last period was against the National Pact MP. Wilson Ariaswas summoned to disciplinary proceedings Monday for allegedly assaulting a group of police officers in Cali. Uniformed cops had arrested people because of the blockade, and apparently the congressman said they tortured them, which would affect his morality.
Faced with controversies regarding the functions of the Attorney General’s Office, the Constitutional Court recently passed a decision abolishing the jurisdiction of the supervisory body in these cases, but upholding the administrative authority of the Attorney General to impose sanctions on those elected by it. popular Vote.
As a matter of fact, when the Supreme Court, in the presence of voters selected, the Attorney General’s Office decides on suspension or dismissal and disability, Suspension of the sanction while the judicial review is carried out by the Council of State, such that a judge, even if not guilty, examines the performance of the Attorney General.
However, considering that this is the rule, the Council of State decided not to resort to automatic auditing, considering that it is an “open law” for the Office of the Chief Prosecutor to hold the power to sanction public officials elected by popular vote through administrative proceedings. Contrary to the decision of the Inter-American Court”.
(In context, you can read: Why did the Council of State refuse to comply with the Attorney General’s sanction decision?).
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