Colombia's chief prosecutor under fire over investigation into election rigging plot

[Judi Lynn]

by Adriaan Alsema May 27, 2020

Colombia’s chief prosecutor is under increased pressure to recuse himself from the investigation into a plot to rig the 2018 election in favor of his friend, President Ivan Duque.

The country’s congressional opposition called on Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa to remove himself from the investigation on Tuesday after announcing an investigation into Duque’s opponent in the election, Senator Gustavo Petro.

Barbosa’s announcement triggered ridicule until it reached Congress where opposition Senator Gustavo Bolivar said “there are no guarantees” for a serious investigation “if he stays.”

Law experts show little faith in chief prosecutor
Academics also called on Barbosa to remove himself from the investigation with the dean of the law department of the prestigious Los Andes university saying on Twitter that “the prosecution needs to urgently recover its credibility, not end up losing it.”

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