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The prosecutor Francisco Barbosa and the Deputy Attorney General Martha Mancera They asked the Supreme Court to reject the challenge filed by Senator Iván Cepeda against the two officials to hear the case of former President Álvaro Uribe.
Barbosa and Mancera suggest, initially, that the challenge should have been presented first to their offices and not before the high court.
“There is no link between the challenged officials and the person of the accused, large enough to affect their impartiality “, reads the letter sent.
For prosecutors Senator del Polo’s arguments are therefore “conjectures” that have no “legal basis”, rather than assuming they will “suffer undue external pressure.”
Faced with the accusations for the friendship between Barbosa and President Iván Duque, whose political mentor is Uribe, they assert that the president “is not the accused.”
They add that the challenge against Mancera has no reason to be because there is no pressure from Barbosa on her or on the delegated prosecutors.
About the recusal of the prosecutor Daniel Hernández, who is leading the process against Diego Cadena, Uribe’s lawyer, and whoever would have ruled on the process argue that it lacks a logical foundation.
And they say that the request for appointment of an ‘ad hoc’ prosecutor is not provided for in the Constitution for these cases.
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