Validity of prosecutor general's election questioned

[Judi Lynn]

Validity of prosecutor general's election questioned
Wednesday, 30 March 2011 06:58
Edward Fox

Colombia's State Council has accepted a request to study alleged flaws in the process by which the current prosecutor general, Viviane Morales, was appointed last year, W Radio reported Wednesday.

The complaint was filed by lawyer Ferney Espinosa who stated that Morales' election must be declared void due to the absence of a signature in a letter that put forward Morales' candidacy.

Espinosa said that the signature of the Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras was missing, "thereby violating Articles 189 and 249 of the Constitution."

It is stipulated that all administrative acts must have the signature of the president and a qualified minister.

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