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This Wednesday, former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez made his first statement after the Supreme Court transferred the process against him – for alleged bribery in criminal proceedings and procedural fraud – to the Prosecutor’s Office.
In a trill, the former senator wrote: “Freedom is an invaluable asset, but for me honor is the priority, hence the emphasis on evidence.”
(You may be interested in: The defense of Jerónimo Uribe by his father on Twitter)
Freedom is an invaluable asset, but for me honor is the priority, that’s why the emphasis on evidence
– Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) September 2, 2020
The former president is under an assurance measure, at home in jail, imposed by the Investigation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on August 3. The formal investigation was opened in 2018, and the history of this case dates back to 2014.
(See details here: Abecé of the case that has detained former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez)
This Wednesday, in addition, Uribe’s lawyers petitioned the Prosecutor’s Office to immediately remove his house arrest.
“Jaime Enrique Granados, identified as he appears at the bottom of my signature, in my capacity as defender of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, I respectfully go to his Honorable Office in order to request the adaptation of the investigation to the procedure established by law 906 of 2004, as well as the immediate release of my son, “says the letter.
Since the former senator is in house arrest, another of his requests is that his process be public.
“The summary reserve exists in Colombian legislation, among other reasons to protect the principle of presumption of innocence contemplated in the Constitution. In the process against Álvaro Uribe, the reality is that for reasons unknown to the defense, the process has been selectively filtered with a dropper to public opinion, in a decontextualized way and emphasizing the evidence against and not the dozens of overwhelming evidence in favor, ”the statement issued a few weeks ago reads.
(In other news: The trill that is returned to Pacho Santos today)
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