Senator cannot use Uribe’s name in debate on politicians’ paramilitary ties
Senator cannot use Uribe’s name in debate on politicians’ paramilitary ties
Sep 4, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya
Colombia’s opposition is not allowed to explicitly mention Colombia’s former president and current senator Alvaro Uribe in a pending debate on politicians’ ties to paramilitary groups.
In a massive turn of events, Cepeda won’t be able to direct any questions or the discussion of the debate towards Senator Uribe himself, effectively altering the content of the polemic debate that was accepted on August 5.
Polo Alternative Party Senator Cepeda fought hard to win the right to specifically debate Uribe’s links to paramilitaries during his time as President and Governor of the state of Antioquia. Now, on the set date of the debate on September 18, Cepeda must have a different question list that does not mention Uribe.
Cepeda stated, “my debate was requested, not to discuss in general terms the phenomenon of paramilitarism or narcotrafficking, but requested to debate the connections former president Alvaro Uribe had with paramilitarism and narcotrafficking,” according to Semana.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-senator-debate-uribe-ties-paramilitaries-neutered/
