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President Iván Duque during the inauguration of Jorge Enrique Ibáñez as Constitutional Court magistrate he was forceful when expressing himself on the announcement of the Farc to accept its responsibility in the crime of the conservative leader Álvaro Gómez.
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The president said that he was taking advantage of the stage to make some reflections related to justice and events that occurred in the country in recent days.
He said that all Colombians want the construction of peace with legality and a genuine peace marked by the principles of truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition.
The truth is not about statements, or statements, or microphones. The truth is expressed before the competent authority
In that sense, he stressed that the truth has to be given in the corresponding instances. “The truth is not about statements, or statements, or microphones. The truth is expressed before the competent authority,” he said.
“Although proclamations of despicable events have been made such as the cruel crime of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and that those who attribute it to them point out that their competent judge is transitional justice, it is also important that they heed their call and appear before that court, but that they are clear that this does not limit the capacity of the Prosecutor’s Office, “said the chief of State.
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Duque said that this body also “has the competence to investigate the conduct of those who did not submit to transitional justice and that also belong to the Secretariat that now proclaims the responsibility of that crime.”
According to the Head of State, the truth will have to be collated on the principle of harmonious collaboration and that what is attributed to the transitional justice, that the JEP investigate it, but that “The Prosecutor’s Office also continues to maintain its powers”
For Duque, there are members of the Secretariat who did not appear before transitional justice, and to that it must be added that “none of the instructive hypotheses can be dismissed” to date.
“We do not take risks where the attributions of responsibility are seeking to affect the truth material, the real truth, not the occasional truth, “he added.
Duque said that before this crime, Colombians “want the complete truth”, that none of the hypotheses be discarded and that it is only by virtue of harmonious collaboration and evidentiary confrontation that the facts can be clarified.
The president reiterated that those who claim responsibility and prove it to us will be subject to drastic penalties and proportionate for attempting to obstruct justice.
“In what has to do with justice and reparation, whoever claims to claim a crime against humanity (…) and if it is verified, should also, in order not to re-victimize those who have suffered so much pain, be first with the gallant attitude of get out of political representation, “he said.
For Duque, as this does not depend on individual will, “we hope that any of the forms of justice applicable to scenarios of acceptance of responsibility for crimes against humanity entails thatThat no parliamentary representation can be exercised, because it should immediately lose the connotation of a member of Congress. “
For Duque, “It does not stop causing suspicion when these proclamations of responsibility are made for the moment and sadly even euphoric, when the same attitude has not been seen in the face of ostensible events, such as the recruitment of minors.”
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