In an interview broadcast last weekend but recorded nearly four years ago, Yidis Medina says she was promised political favours in return for voting for a bill that allowed Uribe to run for re-election in 2006. Medina described herself as the swing vote on the measure, which passed 18 to 16. Prosecutors say the Colombian Supreme Court ordered Medina's arrest on Friday. A lawyer for the former congresswoman says she plans on surrendering Monday or Tuesday after taking care of some personal business, including the care of her two daughters.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Ex-congresswoman names Colombian president in political bribery scandal
Authorities in Colombia have ordered the arrest of a former congresswoman involved in an alleged political bribery scandal that paved the way for President Alvaro Uribe to seek re-election.
In an interview broadcast last weekend but recorded nearly four years ago, Yidis Medina says she was promised political favours in return for voting for a bill that allowed Uribe to run for re-election in 2006. Medina described herself as the swing vote on the measure, which passed 18 to 16. Prosecutors say the Colombian Supreme Court ordered Medina's arrest on Friday. A lawyer for the former congresswoman says she plans on surrendering Monday or Tuesday after taking care of some personal business, including the care of her two daughters.
In an interview broadcast last weekend but recorded nearly four years ago, Yidis Medina says she was promised political favours in return for voting for a bill that allowed Uribe to run for re-election in 2006. Medina described herself as the swing vote on the measure, which passed 18 to 16. Prosecutors say the Colombian Supreme Court ordered Medina's arrest on Friday. A lawyer for the former congresswoman says she plans on surrendering Monday or Tuesday after taking care of some personal business, including the care of her two daughters.
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So the fats in the fire is it? Now Alvar Uribe Velez has some explaining to do and Uncle Sam cannot protect him from this bribery scandal, or can he?
ReplyDeleteFinally his corruption has caught up with the oh so clean Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia, and he has run out of legal excuses for his many misdeeds. Perhaps, an exile is in order for Uribe, who has no where to go but Mexico, another U.S. puppet.