Former Bogota Mayor Petro files another court appeal [View all]

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Mar 29, 2014 posted by Andrew Wight

The former mayor of Bogota Gustavo Petro has filed another court appeal to annul the decision of the Attorney General’s Office that ejected him from office and banned him from running for elected office for 15 years.

Petro’s lawyer, Ivan Acuña said that this action, at the Court of Cundinamarca, was not brought before because they expected the government abide by the precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), local media reported Saturday morning.

The Court of Cundinamarca is the same court that granted him a temporary reprieve on January 14 2014, when it suspended his immediate dismissal by Colombia’s Inspector General for actions relating to a Bogota garbage collection.

Acuña said he expected the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca make a decision “very soon and hopefully favorably to requests we made.”

“We have also requested in this lawsuit this interim measure because they are causing irreparable damage , hopefully when demand accepted by the Court has also expect a ruling in the injunction.”

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http://colombiareports.co/former-bogota-mayor-petro-files-another-court-appeal/