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Colombia's former senate president investigated for sabotaging opposition
by Adriaan Alsema July 22, 2019
Colombia’s former Senate president could be removed from Congress over his attempt to sabotage the opposition’s rebuttal to a speech of President Ivan Duque.
According to Caracol Radio, the Inspector General’s Office opened an investigation against Senator Ernesto Macias of Duque’s far-right Democratic Center Party that could result in him being barred from holding public office.
Macias on Saturday sabotaged the opposition’s rebuttal to Duque’s speech at the formal opening of the new legislative year by creating disorder that made the speech of opposition Senator Jorge Robledo virtually inaudible.
Not realizing his microphone was turned on, he told an aide about his “last trick as president,” before handing the gavel to Senator Lidio Garcia of the Liberal Party.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-former-senate-president-investigated-for-sabotaging-opposition/
So typical of the right, right?