The surprise seized Colombians on Tuesday night. The Superior Court of Bogotá ordered the immediate freedom of former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who had been sentenced to 12 years in house prison for bribery and procedural fraud. Uribe will have that benefit Until the second instance is defined of the cause that divided society between those who held the sentence and those who considered it an act of political persecution of the right -wing leader.
The decision is known just two weeks after the pronouncement of Judge Sandra Heredia. “Thank God, thanks to so many compatriots for their expressions of solidarity. Every minute of my freedom I will dedicate it to the freedom of Colombia“, The ex -president made known through X.
The Superior Court responded to a claim of the defense of the founder of the Democratic Center. Uribe’s lawyers argued that Heredia had transgressed “Fundamental rights to human dignitydue process, presumption of innocence and freedom “of the man who ruled that South American country between 2002 and 2010.
The ruling signed by Judge Leonel Rogeles Moreno states that “the criteria used to justify the need for the measure were VSupporting and inaccurate“. It is described as “Unintelligible” The foundation of Heredia by which household prison was “necessary for peaceful coexistence and social order.” For the court “there was no intention to escape through the exit of the country or the realization of asylum or refuge procedures, so there are no objective evasion indications.”
The judge has been the subject of other hard signs. The Superior Court recalled that to a Judicial authority “is not allowed to support your decisions in subjective criteriageneric or abstract, since this prevents an adequate contradiction exercise, especially when fundamental guarantees such as freedom are restricted. “
Reactions
The senator of the official Historical Pact, Iván Cepeda, One of the victims of the actions for which Uribe was convicted, said “respect” the opinion and has always complied with resolutions. “Of course we don’t share it.” According to Cepeda, the former president had been carrying out “numerous pressure actions to justice and campaigns against us.” In his opinion, the measure imposed less than two weeks ago by Judge Heredia sought to protect the witnesses of the case. The legislator trusted the possibility of reversing the situation. “The appeal will comethe actions that we will probably develop will come, but with all the calm and serenity we respect this decision and we will proceed from our perspective in relation to what we consider is pertinent. “
The presidential candidate of that same left -wing coalition, María José Pizarro recalled that Uribe “is still processed and convicted by a judge of the Republic for very serious crimes against justice. “In that order of ideas” we have to wait for this second instance in the Superior Court of Bogotá. “
Uribismo, meanwhile, found modest reasons for the celebration. “Colombian justice has just determined that the judge violated him the fundamental rights of the former president as we have noticed in recent weeks. It is great news for the game and for Uribe “.
The opinion is known at times that the Colombian right defines the name of its presidential candidate in the elections of 2026. The murder of Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was until a few months ago the best candidate for that formation, left a void and opened the door to a bid that can be rough among those who claim that place. The measure that just favor Álvaro Uribe promises to find him on the street and active trying to reach the best presidential formula to defeat the left at the polls. The applicants are María Fernanda Cabal, Paola Holguín, Paloma Valencia and Andrés Guerra.
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