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Judi Lynn

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Thu Oct 10, 2019, 03:11 PM Oct 2019

Colombia's government and ruling party go into apparent panic mode over Uribe trial




by Adriaan Alsema October 10, 2019

Colombia’s government and ruling party have entered an apparent state of panic after the Supreme Court formalized fraud and bribery charges against former president Alvaro Uribe.

President Ivan Duque, who referred to his political patron as “honorable” while Uribe was in court, remained quiet on Wednesday, in an apparent attempt to avert an institutional crisis.

Uribe’s far-right Democratic Center (CD) party, however, stepped up its disinformation campaign in what appear to be increasingly chaotic and desperate efforts to rally public support for their leader.

From funny to intimidating

In some cases, this led to hilarious incidents; Uribe’s fixer, mafia lawyer Diego Cadena, told W Radio that he had called himself a “hamstattorney” in a leaked wiretap recording in which he called himself a “gangstattorney.”

Other cases were not funny at all; A journalist received death threats after CD Senators Carlos Mejia and Maria Rosario accused her of promoting anti-Uribe posters that claimed the former president is a murderer.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-government-and-ruling-party-enter-apparent-panic-mode-over-uribe-trial/
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