Now we have the spectacle of a current president, uribe, a leading presidential candidate, JM Santos, and uribe's former peace commissioner, Restrepo, ordered by the Supreme Court to testify in a criminal trial. It is a first for Colombia, and worldwide. :bounce:
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Uribe must testify in cousin's parapolitics trial
Colombia's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Alvaro Uribe will have to testify in the trial of his cousin, former Senate president Mario Uribe Escobar, who is facing charges of colluding with paramilitaries, reports Caracol Radio.
In the trial, which began on Tuesday, the court wants the president to testify on the methods Mario Uribe used to obtain votes in his election to the Senate, which, prosecutors claim, were extremely shady and came from illicit deals with AUC paramilitary figures.
Mario Uribe, however, contends that he was able to win the elections due to the popularity of his cousin, President Alvaro Uribe.
The Supreme Court also declared on Tuesday that Partido de la U presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos and former peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo will be called to testify in the trial of Mario Uribe.
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/9380-uribe-asked-to-testify-in-cousins-trial.html