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The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation sanctioned former Congresswoman Aída Merlano Rebolledo with removal and general inability to hold public office for 10 years, after finding her disciplinary responsible for the crime of corruption of the suffragette.
For these same events, related to the 2018 congressional elections, the Supreme Court confirmed Merlano a sentence of 11 years and 4 months in prison.
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For the control body, Merlano Rebolledo defrauded the legal system, the representation of the people in his capacity as a congressman and the Constitution.
In addition, she points out that she knew perfectly well that vote buying was illegal and still did it consciously.
The defense of the former congresswoman, who was arrested in Venezuela in January this year after having escaped from the Colombian justice system, argued that the Attorney General’s Office could not sanction officials elected by popular vote, as the Inter-American Court said in a conviction against the country. for the case of Gustavo Petro. However, the Public Ministry clarified that, until the normative changes ordered by the Inter-American Court are made, the powers of the Attorney General’s Office to sanction elect by vote remains intact.
(In context: This is how the Attorney General’s Office will continue to sanction officials elected by vote)
Among the evidence that the Office of the Attorney General took into account to sanction Merlano is the criminal complaint that the Office of the Attorney General received about how votes were being bought in one of Merlano’s campaign headquarters for the Senate. Illegal activities were committed in that building in order for Merlano to be elected senator on March 11, 2018, as proven in the criminal proceedings.
“Aída Merlano Rebolledo deployed a whole series of activities that geared the scaffolding to corrupt the elections of March 11, 2018, paying citizens for the votes in favor of the political aspirations that he had for the Senate of the Republic “, it reads in the ruling of the Attorney General’s Office.
In the disciplinary process, findings of the judicial police were also taken into account, such as documents called “leader delivery certificates” and receipts in which the value paid to the people was recorded.
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The Attorney General’s Office also said that from the evidence it can be inferred that Merlano was the head and organizer of the criminal structure, although he had the financial backing of another person. “The support of Mr. Julio Gerlein served to economically boost Merlano Rebolledo’s aspirations, however, the Senate campaign was transformed from a democratic contest to a source of corruption, since money was given in exchange for votes,” says the Attorney General’s Office .
Against the sanction of the Merlano Attorney’s Office, you can file an appeal for reconsideration.
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