Colombia’s highest court to investigate Uribe over peace talks wiretapping
Colombia’s highest court to investigate Uribe over peace talks wiretapping
Oct 3, 2014 posted by Adriaan Alsema
Colombia’s Supreme Court has begun a preliminary investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe’s alleged involvement in the wiretapping of ongoing peace talks with the FARC, reported local media on Friday.
The aim of the investigation is to verify the testimony provided by Andres Sepulveda in which he claimed Uribe was aware of the allegedly illegal activity of former Democratic Center candidate Oscar Zuluaga’s presidential campaign, according to Caracol Radio.
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In his testimony, Sepulveda indicated that Uribe and Democratic Center Director Oscar Ivan Zuluaga paid him to obtain privileged intelligence from rogue elements of the military and monitor the communications of journalists, opposing political figures, and government and rebel delegates to the peace talks.
The politicians then allegedly used the information obtained to try and derail the peace process, which they have staunchly opposed. Sepulveda has also said that cyber attacks against politicians deemed enemies by the party were a key part of the Democratic Center’s strategy in last March’s congressional elections, from which the party emerged as the largest opposition bloc in Congress.
In an unrelated case, it was reported Friday that Uribe was going to be investigated by the Prosecutor General’s Office over his alleged involvement in the psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque.
Uribe responded on Twitter, saying: “New accusation against me because supposedly I participated in telephone torture of a member of the Collective that defends FARC.”
http://colombiareports.co/colombias-highest-court-investigate-uribe-peace-talks-wiretapping/