Lawmaker pulls out of Congress investigative committee into Uribe

[Judi Lynn]

Lawmaker pulls out of Congress investigative committee into Uribe
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 07:44
Matt Snyder

A Colombian congressman resigned from the congressional investigative commission after pulling out of the investigation of ex-President Alvaro Uribe regarding his participation in a wiretapping scandal.

Representative Camilo Abril announced that he was leaving the commission after its failure to produce any results in the investigation of ex-President Uribe's participation in the Supreme Court wiretapping scandal.

Abril said that the committee had a "lack of teeth" and that "it is an inoperative committee." The congressman called for the creation of a "a special tribunal to investigate the judges of the high courts, the prosecutor general of the nation, the president of the republic and ex-presidents."

Representative Abril had been investigating Uribe on wiretapping charges previously, but later removed himself from active investigations saying that he had received death threats.

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