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The National Government celebrated this Saturday the release of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez ordered by Judge 30 of guarantees, Clara Ximena Salcedo.
Diego Molano Aponte, director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic, Dapre; and one of the officials who speaks to President Iván Duque’s ear assured that the event was a “good message for the country.”
(Be sure to read: Judge orders the release of Álvaro Uribe Vélez)
“I celebrate the decision that the judge made today so that former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez can defend himself in freedom”he wrote on the social network Twitter.
“It is a good message for the country, for him and his family,” argued Molano.
I celebrate the decision that the judge made today so that the former president @AlvaroUribeVel can defend himself in freedom. Good message for the country, for him and his family.
– Diego Molano Aponte (@Diego_Molano) October 10, 2020
The judge released Uribe, who spent two months in preventive detention in an action taken by the Supreme Court of Justice for a case of alleged procedural fraud and bribery of witnesses.
The judicial official explained this Saturday morning that she based her decision on that Álvaro Uribe has not been charged.
(Read also: ‘We are going to appeal the decision’: Cepeda on Uribe’s freedom)
The judicial process, now, will continue with the former president released but the decision can be appealed, a fact that will be done by Senator Iván Cepeda, as announced minutes later.
When Uribe’s arrest occurred, Molano Aponte was also one of the first to show his solidarity with him.
Molano – using the labels “homeland pain” and “defense in freedom” – alleged that while the guerrilla Jesús Santrich is free and committing crimes, Uribe “is deprived of his liberty.
On that occasion, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa also expressed solidarity with Uribe and declared himself a witness “Of his honor and probity both in his public and private actions.”
(Also read: This is how the former president celebrated the judge’s decision)
Uribe, for his part, has always declared his innocence. He himself wrote in this process: “Today I was reviewed as prisoner # 1087985 for confronting testimonies against me bought by the Farc, his new generation and his allies. No evidence, just inferences. I was illegally intercepted. Lawyers were prevented from cross-examining his main witness. I ask for transparency. “
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