“No somos políticos, deben respetarse las decisiones”: Rama Judicial responde a Petro por criticar decisión contra Bonilla y Velasco
La decisión que envió a prisión a los exministros Ricardo Bonilla y Luis Fernando Velasco, investigados por el escándalo de corrupción en la Unidad Na...
TL;DR
- Former ministers Ricardo Bonilla and Luis Fernando Velasco were sent to prison, investigated for corruption in the UNGRD.
- President Gustavo Petro criticized the judiciary, stating his former ministers lacked guarantees and were not treated as impartial judges.
- The Corporation of Judges and Magistrates, through its president Hermes Darío Lara, defended the independence of the judiciary.
- Lara called for respect for judicial decisions within the constitutional framework and warned against public delegitimization of rulings.
- He asserted that judges do not act based on political interests or personal affinities, as cases are distributed randomly.
- The legal system provides mechanisms for challenging judicial decisions through institutional channels.
- Lara urged confidence in the judicial system, stating that judges' decisions are part of the regular exercise of judicial power.