Senators who derailed key vote on Colombia's war crimes tribunal face corruption claims
Senators who derailed key vote on Colombia’s war crimes tribunal face corruption claims
by Emily Hart May 8, 2019
Two members of Colombia’s Senate face suspicion about their absence during a key vote about the war crimes tribunal: the two unexpectedly left the floor at the moment of voting.
Senator Ana Martia Castañeda (Radical Change) is under investigation by the Congressional Council of Ethics. Senator Maritza Martinez (U Party), was benefited by a large government budget allocation a month before the vote, Noticias Uno reported.
The absence of Castañeda and Martinez during the April 30 vote triggered a dispute on whether the Senate had votes to shoot down President Ivan Duque’s controversial objections to the statutory law defining the powers of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
The decision to discard Duque’s objections was ultimately short only by one vote, according to far-right Senate president Ernesto Macias, who later agreed to let the Constitutional Court decide on whether the Senate’s rejection is valid or not.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/senators-who-derailed-key-vote-on-colombias-war-crimes-tribunal-face-corruption-claims/
