2023-06-09 21:26:49
The General Prosecutor of the Nation He confirmed that he will also put the magnifying glass on the revealed audios of the Colombian ambassador in Venezuela, Armando Benedettiin which he mentioned 15,000 million pesos that would have irregularly entered the presidential campaign of Gustavo Petro.
The investigative body detailed, through a statement, which will determine if they were committed offenses related to possible illegal campaign financing election with which Petro reached the Presidency in 2022.
About, The Prosecutor’s Office explained that it opened an investigative line by prosecutors delegated to the Supreme Court of Justice and of the Specialized Directorate against Corruptionwith which he will try to establish if it is true that those monies entered Petro’s campaign irregularly.
“In that sense, it will articulate the capacities and, according to their powers, prosecutors will direct their actions toward registered and non registered people”, reads the statement released by the investigative body this Friday.
Besides, the institution directed by the public prosecutor Francisco Barbosa indicated that the investigative front will be in charge of establish possible responsibilities in the crimes of financing campaigns from prohibited sources, violation of electoral caps and others that can be typified.
The version about the possible Petro’s irregular campaign financing became known last weekend when the magazine Semana revealed a series of audios in which Benedetti He mentioned that he was in charge of managing the million-dollar sum, apparently in the Caribbean region.
“Nobody leaves me lying there for three hours, a man who made 100 meetings in a campaigna man that got 15,000 million and now… that I looked for all the money andYou know it more than anyone, so that he went to the hotelsso that he came here and everything else ”, is heard in the audio in which Benedetti apparently made claims to the former chief of staff of the Government, Laura Sarabia.
About the millionaire figure was pronounced this Friday the Petro’s campaign manager, Ricardo Roawho suggested that it is a “monstrous amount” and also discredited Benedetti’s version ensuring that he he was never in charge of managing resources for the campaign.
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