Colombia's Congress investigates ex-president Uribe
Published on : 13 October 2010 - 10:21am
The Colombian Congress opened an investigation Tuesday into former president Alvaro Uribe's alleged role in an illegal wiretapping case that has already snared top officials, a senior legislator said.
Uribe ended his 2002-2010 administration on August 7 with sky-high approval ratings, but has been heavily criticized by human rights activists for a series of alleged abuses.
A lower house committee approved opening an investigation into the wiretapping case and "will investigate what responsibility ex-president Alvaro Uribe had in this affair," said the chamber vice president, Orlando Clavijo'.
Uribe said recently he was ready to assume legal and political responsibility for the actions of Bernardo Moreno -- his chief of staff from 2006 to 2010 -- who prosecutors sanctioned for not denouncing a case of illegal espionage by the DAS, Colombia's intelligence service, on opposition judges and reporters.
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