Ex-president Uribe resigns from Colombian Senate

Former Columbian President Álvaro Uribe presented his resignation from the Senate of the country on Tuesday, August 18, from the seat he had held since 2014.

In a letter addressed to Parliament, he justified his decision given the impossibility “of being able to return to the Senate” due to the process he faces.

On August 4, it was learned that the Supreme Court of Colombia ordered a measure to ensure the home arrest against Uribe, for the alleged commission of the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery.

The decision of the Court is produced within a process for alleged manipulation and bribery of witnesses against an opponent.

At that time, the ex-president posted on Twitter that “the deprivation of my freedom causes me deep sadness for […] Colombians who still believe that I have done something good for the Homeland. “

Uribe, 68 years old, revealed on August 14 that he had successfully overcome the Covid-19 disease.

The former president referred in his note to the house arrest measure imposed against him, which he considered violates eight procedural guarantees.

Uribe, who was the senator with the most votes, had left his post in the Senate in July 2018, when the Court called him to investigate the case that ended with his house arrest.