Inspector General appeals to overturn Petro’s protection against impeachment
Inspector General appeals to overturn Petro’s protection against impeachment
May 20, 2014 posted by Camilo Mejia Giraldo
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has appealed a decision by a national court which temporarily blocks further rulings made against Bogota’s reinstated mayor Gustavo Petro, local media reported on Tuesday.
In the ongoing saga of Petro’s case, the Inspector General’s Office — which initially impeached the mayor and barred him from politics for 15 years — has put forward an appeal to overturn the decision by Colombia’s State Council which impedes any authority from following up on the ruling that originally led to the Mayor’s removal from office, Caracol Radio reported.
In the most recent appeal presented to the Second Section of the court, the Inspector General’s Office claimed that Magistrate Gerardo Arenas, who is in charge of studying Petro’s case, did not know the full disciplinary proceedings made against the mayor before ordering the temporary protection measure, El Heraldo Newspaper reported.
According to the Inspector General’s Office, the suspension of the ruling, which had already determined Petro’s removal from office, should be prohibited as it would allow the “existence of disciplinary impunity.”
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