4th congressman drops out of Uribe wiretapping investigation

[Judi Lynn]

4th congressman drops out of Uribe wiretapping investigation
Wednesday, 03 August 2011 08:30
Travis Mannon

The fourth congressman resigned from the congressional sub-committee investigating former President Alvaro Uribe's alleged involvement in a wiretapping scandal.

Various media reported that Congressman Jose Rodolfo Perez submitted a letter of resignation but did not provide any explanation for his sudden withdrawal. Perez's withdrawal is permanent and cannot be revoked. He has become the fourth person to drop out of the three-person sub-committee since the investigation began in October 2010.

Perez's replacement will most likely be Partido de la U. Congressman Carlos Edward Osorio, who recently joined the congressional Accusation Commission to replace Comilo Andres Abril. One of the original members of the investigative sub-committee, Abril dropped out of the Accusation Commission as well, calling it an "inoperative committee."

The investigation against Uribe has been highly controversial since its inception. Several human rights organizations have doubted the independence and legitimacy of the investigation against the former president.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/18069-4th-congressman-drops-out-of-uribe-wiretapping-investigation.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. Criminy, they're all getting death threats. Tough to investigate a criminal organizaiton when

the criminal organization is still in place (backed by an even bigger criminal organization).

:thumbsdown: on Uribe and his thugs (and the even bigger thugs behind them).

[Judi Lynn]

2. No doubt they will not be able to find anyone to take those death threats and stick around

long enough to finish the investigation.

That's the way the right-wing works. Just run all over everyone, and #### justice when right-wingers are involved.

They have to keep a large sector of the public poor so they will always have a pool of poor young people who can be tempted to kill political opponents for them, which serves a dual purpose: gets rid of the immediate problem, and serves to intimidate any and all others who might otherwise consider trying to stop them.

It's good to remember the Miami Mafia cesspool started harvesting assassins from Central America, where there's a large stock of very poor young men needing some way to make some money in a hurry. Right wingers, again. Scum.