Mayor of Sucre suspended for quarantine party – Other Cities – Colombia



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For a term of three months she was suspended from her post the mayor of the municipality of Sucre (Sucre), Elvira Julia Mercado. The measure was implemented after the departmental Regional Prosecutor opened disciplinary investigation for the party he held at his residence on May 3, in full quarantine, at the end of the procession in honor of the Holy Cross, that is celebrated in the municipality of La Mojana.

It emerged that other officials who participated in the celebration, as evidenced by the videos that circulated on the networks, will also be investigated.

According to the procedure, it will be the governor of Sucre, Héctor Olimpo Espinosa, who will enforce the suspension and provisionally appoint a mayor in charge.

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Within this process, the commander of the Sucre Police Station (Sucre) was also summoned to testify, among other police officers, because according to witnesses and whistleblowers, the celebration was held a few steps from the command and despite the fact that the music was at a very high volume, the agents ignored what happened inside the house .

The president, who won the elections for the second time, this time with the backing of the Democratic Center, said that this party is old, not on the date of the patron saint party this year, and she also assured that her political contradictors want to harm her. .

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However, both the officials and the president wear the same clothes in the procession of the Holy Cross, as in the party, This was evidenced in the different photographic records that have been seen on social networks.

LUZ VICTORIA MARTÍNEZ
Special for TIME
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