Uribe claims Santos is planning on dissolving Colombia congress to benefit FARC
Uribe claims Santos is planning on dissolving Colombia congress to benefit FARC
posted by Taran Volckhausen
Nov 15, 2013
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos is planning to dissolve the Congress in a move to prevent his predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, from being elected, the ex-president said Friday.
The allegations started over Uribe’s Twitter feed when the ex-president posted: “Santos is planning a National Constituent Assembly with the FARC for March, with special participatory conditions for the FARC and dissolution of Congress, with the intention of getting rid of Uribe.”
Immediately following Uribe’s claim, Interior Minister Aurelio Iragorri denied that any such plans to hold a constituent assembly, and said he would continue to deny the allegations as long as necessary.
“All the time they ask I say no, and they return and ask, and I say no, National Constituent Assembly no, and I will repeat it as many times as much as necessary,” said Iragorri.
Colombia will hold elections twice in 2014; The first election, for Congress, will be held in March, while the second, the first round of the presidential election, will be held in June.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-govt-denies-uribes-national-constituent-assembly-claims/
