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Still Imprisoned, Wadith Manzur Seeks Possession in the Senate
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Not being convicted, the elected senator, accused by the Supreme Court and imprisoned at the Carabineros School, seeks to continue defending himself under congressional authority The article Wadith Manzur's skillful move to possess himself as a senator from prison was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, Voices and News from Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
Conservative representative Wadith Manzur is imprisoned by the Ungrd scandal. Still he was re-elected with 134,914 votes to take the leap to the Senate: he was the seventh most voted in the country and the third in his party. Now, his defense presented a right of petition to the Supreme Court of Justice to define if he can take office in the next legislature. His lawyer, Francisco Javier Araújo, assured that the assurance measure “cannot be tran…
Manzur faces trial for alleged participation in the sale of votes in the Interparliamentary Public Credit Commission
The case opens a legal and ethical debate about exercising public office from a detention center. The Congress of the Republic faces an unprecedented scenario with Representative Wadith Manzur's intention to be sworn in as senator on July 20, despite being incarcerated for his alleged involvement in the corruption scandal at the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD). Manzur, elected in the recent legislative elections, remains in cu…
The Supreme Court of Justice transmitted to the Senate of the Republic a request submitted by the defense of Wadith Manzur, which calls for an assessment of the possibility that the political leader could take office as a congressman on 20 March, despite being deprived of his liberty. According to the information known, the request seeks the Senate to analyze whether there are legal conditions that allow him to possess, in the midst of the judic…
Wadith Manzur seeks to possess himself as a senator despite being imprisoned for the UNGRD scandal, a situation that has opened a legal and political debate on the scope of his rights while he remains deprived of his liberty. The leader, currently detained for his alleged involvement in corruption related to the National Disaster Risk Management Unit, intends to take up his career in Congress on July 20 after having been elected to the polls. Th…
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