To protect the life and political rights of its members and the will of the people who elected them, the Pacto Histórico party bench announced that they will go to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
According to what was stated by this group, this decision is in response to the actions of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, which has assumed powers in open defiance of repeated judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the Council of State.
“Because this is a purely administrative body, the Attorney General’s Office has opened investigations that could end in suspension (as has already happened), dismissal and disqualification of members of Congress, when jurisdiction rests solely with judicial authorities,” the document states. .
In addition, it indicates that “at least six congressmen are in such a situation: Wilson Arias, María José Pizarro, David Racero, Alexander López, Susana Gómez and Alex Flórez, trying to weaken the bench of the first alternative government of the past ninety years”.
It was also mentioned at this meeting that the Chief of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, Margarita Cabello, was a former justice minister of the government of Iván Duque and does not guarantee the right of defense of the government’s congressmen. couch to perform.
“The threats, violence and political persecution against congressmen from the bank and from alternative sectors set serious and worrying precedents in the country that has not yet vigorously addressed the Patriotic Union genocide and the general impunity of its perpetrators. We turn to international protection to prevent the steps we observe from being repeated, which could even affect the stability of President Gustavo Petro’s government, the principle of the separation of powers and our constitutional and legal order,” the bank stressed. .
Source: El Heraldo
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