Uribe accuses Santos of bribing Colombia Congress for reelection support
Uribe accuses Santos of bribing Colombia Congress for reelection support
posted by Taran Volckhausen
Dec 20, 2013
Colombia’s ex-president Alvaro Uribe petitioned for a congressional criminal investigation of President Juan Manuel Santos Friday, accusing the president of granting government jobs to congress members aligned with his political coalition.
The petition was presented before the Commission of Accusation in the House of Representatives by journalist and Senate candidate Ernesto Macias of Uribe’s political party Uribe Centro Democratico.
In a conversation with BluRadio, Uribe said congress members aligned with leading coalition Unidad Naicional, were given government posts in a “carousel of reelection.”
According to the accusation, the government had given 1,968 positions and 597 contracts to to more 164 congressional allies.
The accusation is ironic as several former members of Uribe’s 2002-2006 cabinet are currently investigated for bribing congressmen into approving a 2004 constitutional amendment to allow the then-head of state to be reelected two years later.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/ex-president-uribe-calls-congressional-investigation-santos/
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