Colombia’s Supreme Court investigating almost entire previous congress
Colombia’s Supreme Court investigating almost entire previous congress
Nov 7, 2014 posted by Victoria McKenzie
Colombia’s Supreme Court is investigating 250 of 266 congressmen for the period of 2010 to 2014, according to a document leaked to Caracol Radio.
According to the radio station, it was leaked a document in which the Supreme Court asked Congress to confirm whether the 250 names on the list are or have been active members of congress.
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This confirmation is one of the steps the court has to take if it wants to formally begin criminal investigations against former or sitting members of Congress.
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Also included are the former members of a bi-chamber commission that approved a justice reform that was later repealed by President Juan Manuel Santos after he found that clauses that would shield congressmen from criminal investigations had been inserted in the reform.
http://colombiareports.co/supreme-court-investigating-23-colombias-congress/