Current, former Senate presidents could impeached over corruption
Current, former Senate presidents could impeached over corruption
posted by Steven Cohen
Oct 2, 2013
Independent litigator Saul Villar Jimenez has filed a suit with Colombia’s State Council demanding the removal of Colombia’s current and former senate presidents from office, local media reported Tuesday.
Villar has become something of a public figure for his aggressive pursuit of congressional corruption, being labeled a “congressmen hunter” by the national media for previous legal campaigns.
His latest case involves acting Senate President Juan Fernando Cristo, and Senator Roy Barreras, Cristo’s predecessor, as well as two other congressmen and a pair of government contractors. Barreras and Cristo are accused of influence trafficking, and abusing their positions in the Colombian Congress toward their own personal benefit.
The accusations rest on the testimony of Héctor Zambrano, former vice-minister of health, who is cooperating with government prosecutors as part of a plea-agreement related to Bogota’s “Carousel” contracting scandal.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/current-former-presidents-colombian-senate-face-removal-office-corruption-scandal/
