Organizers Uribe's reelection referendum taken to court

[Judi Lynn]

Organizers Uribe's reelection referendum taken to court
Saturday, 06 August 2011 06:53
Adriaan Alsema

The organizers of a failed referendum that sought the 2010 reelection of former President Alvaro Uribe will be criminally charged for financial irregularities in the process to organize the popular vote.

The Prosecutor General's Office announced Friday it is preparing a trial against members of the organizing committee over alleged fraud and the ignoring of financial quota set by the country's National Electoral Council for referendums.

Ten members of the committee will have to respond to the charges of procedural fraud and misrepresentation.

The referendum that sought a third election run for the controversial, but popular president had been subject to controversy for years; it has been alleged that the organizers used the daughter company of Colombia's largest and now defunct ponzi scheme DMG to transport signatures collected to force the popular vote through Congress and the committee was slapped on the wrist for ignoring financial limits to the recollection of funds.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/18144-organizers-uribes-reelection-referendum-taken-to-court.html

[joshcryer]

1. Colombia continues to clean house.

Whereas Honduras gave immunity to the guy who committed financial electoral fraud there. :eyes: