Santos asks ‘corrupt’ constitutional court magistrate to resign ‘for the dignity of justice’
Santos asks ‘corrupt’ constitutional court magistrate to resign ‘for the dignity of justice’
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Dec 17, 2015
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday asked the former president of the country’s constitutional court to resign “for the dignity of justice” amid one of the country’s most high-profile corruption scandals.
Magistrate Jorge Pretelt is investigated by a congressional commission after his colleagues at the court accused the magistrate of seeking a $200,000 bribe with an oil company.
Colombia’s constitutional court president ‘sought bribe with oil company’
In return for the bribe, the then-president of the court would push for a ruling undoing a $6 million fine that had been ordered by a lower court.
In spite of his own colleagues asking for his resignation, Pretelt ignored the corruption allegations and refused to give up his post.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/santos-asks-corrupt-constitutional-court-magistrate-to-resign-for-the-dignity-of-justice/
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Magistrate Jorge Pretelt
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