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Colombia's ruling party wants retrial for all convicted politicians since 1976
by Adriaan Alsema July 24, 2019
Colombia’s far-right ruling party on Tuesday proposed a bill that would allow all politicians convicted since 1976 to appeal their guilty verdicts.
The so-called Andres Felipe Arias bill is the latest attempt of former President Alvaro Uribe to seek the release of his former agriculture minister, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison by the Supreme Court in 2014 for embezzling $25 million, but fled to the US claiming he was the victim of political persecution.
Uribe announced the new bill after US courts denied Arias’ political asylum claim and the state department deported him back to Colombia.
The final proposal surprised because it differs from the Constitutional Court’s advice to allow appeals dating back to 1991, the year Colombia’s current constitution and justice system came into force.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-ruling-party-wants-retrial-for-all-convicted-politicians-since-1976/