2024-04-11 23:46:15
The former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, issued a statement through his social networks in response to the Prosecutor’s Office‘s decision to take him to trial for the alleged crimes of bribery and procedural fraud.
In his extensive statement, Uribe denounced what he considers a process full of political presumptions and manipulations against them.
Uribe detailed a series of irregularities and questions in the process against him. From the denial of a free version by the magistrates to the leaking of information to the mediathe former president argued that his case has been marked by personal animosities and political vendettas.
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“The presiding judge Alejandro Linares leaked the presentation to a journalist friend of his”said Uribe.
“This trial is being carried out due to political presumptions, personal animosities, political revenge, without evidence that allows us to infer that I was seeking to bribe witnesses or deceive justice,” added the former president.
The statement also addressed the alleged actions of magistrates who, according to Uribe, violated the ethical principles of justice by agitating the case in the media and participating in public deliberations that harmed it. He also mentioned the lack of solid evidence against him and pointed out that all the new evidence taken during the trial favored him, but was rejected by the Prosecutor’s Office.
“Magistrates Barceló and Hernández, in clear violation of the ethical principles of justice, being the first president of the Court, widely agitated the case against me in the media,” added Uribe.
Finally, Uribe expressed his indignation at the opening of a trial against him based on political assumptions and presumptions., while, according to him, the evidence points in the opposite direction. He concluded by stating that he is being deprived of his right to defend his honor and that he is being treated unfairly.
“They open the doors of prison to me without evidence, with evidence to the contrary, due to assumptions, political moods and the need to equate those who have not committed a crime with those who have,” concluded the former senator.
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