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Colombia to investigate former president over peace vote fraud claims
by Juan Pablo Huertas April 14, 2018
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe over alleged irregularities in a 2016 vote on peace with FARC guerrilla.
Two human rights lawyers sued Uribe and other promoters of the campaign to sink the peace deal. According to the complaints, the campaign violated electoral law by intentionally misinforming the public.
The campaign manager of the opponents, Juan Carlos Velez, was indicted for electoral fraud last year already after he told local media that the campaign strategy was to create discontent, rather than to inform.
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Uribe, whose administrations have been disgraced by mass human rights violations, has been one of the most vociferous opponent of the peace process.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombia-to-investigate-former-president-over-peace-vote-fraud-claims/
