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Uribe revives idea to submit rule of law in Colombia to 'rule of opinion'
by Adriaan Alsema June 16, 2019
Colombia’s far-right former President Alvaro Uribe doesn’t just want to do away with the country’s war crimes tribunal, he said he wants to abolish the rule of law and reduce congress too.
In an interview with W Radio, Uribe said Friday that he supported an initiative by far-right political activist and conspiracy theorist Herbin Hoyos that seeks to “abolish the [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] JEP” and “revoke” the country’s high courts.
But Uribe went even further and revived his idea of abolishing the rule of law and replacing this with a “rule of opinion” that would allow a referendum to overrule court rulings or even the constitution.
The former president has been clashing with the country’s judicial system for more than a decade, mainly because of his convicted family members and allies’ ties to paramilitary death squads.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/uribe-revives-idea-to-abolish-rule-of-law-in-colombia/
