Colombia's Uribe withdraws senate resignation amid bribery probe
AUGUST 1, 2018 / 9:38 AM / UPDATED 35 MINUTES AGO
Colombia's Uribe withdraws senate resignation amid bribery probe
Reuters Staff
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, accused of witness tampering and bribery, on Wednesday asked the Senate to ignore his resignation letter so that his case remains with the Supreme Court.
Uribe, who was in office from 2002 to 2010 and mounted a military offensive against Marxist guerrillas, said on Monday he would resign his seat in the Senate to concentrate on his defence after the Supreme Court called on him to testify.
Uribe, 66, is a mentor of incoming President Ivan Duque, who won the June 17 election as the candidate for Uribe’s right-wing Democratic Center party.
The former president is under investigation by the court over allegations he made false accusations and tampered with witnesses in a case he himself started by making similar accusations against leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda.
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