Uribe announces run for senate amid growing paramilitary accusations
Uribe announces run for senate amid growing paramilitary accusations
posted by Adriaan Alsema
Sep 16, 2013
In spite of accumulating accusations and legal pressure over his alleged ties to paramilitary death squads, Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe announced on Monday to run for the senate in the 2014 elections.
During a press conference in his home in Rionegro, Antioquia, Uribe announced his “presence as candidate on the list of the Democratic Center [party] for the senate.”
The polemic former president told press that his party will intend to reach congress to defend key issues of Uribe’s former “Democratic Security” policy with the focus on security, investors’ confidence, social cohesion and conservative fiscal policies.
Uribe’s candidacy came as no surprise after the former head of state on Sunday said he felt “obliged” to stay involved in Colombian politics, three years after leaving office.
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http://colombiareports.co/uribe-announces-run-candidacy-amid-growing-paramilitary-accusations/