Carlos Mario Patiño, a lawyer who sued some congressmen for an alleged irregularity in their donation to the ‘Cows along the road of Antioquia’, an initiative by the governor of Antioquia, Andrés Julián Rendón, spoke to Wally Ospina in the Morning Signal of the National Radio of Colombia on the current situation of this case.
This trial is against 10 transporters for alleged irregularities in a ‘cow’ made for the construction of 4G roads in the Antioquia department and which hopes to reduce connection times between Medellín and Urabá Antioqueño to less than 4 hours.
The lawyer described the reasons why the lawsuit was filed, explaining that it was “prompted, mostly legal, that the congressmen were boasting on the networks social that they donated to the Government of Antioquia and This grant is a contract with the Government of Antioquia and, from that point of view, in my opinion there was a reason to lose investment.“.
Also, he gave a report on the current status of the lawsuit, making sure that “it was issued and the conference already responded to that request; They gave their answers at the end of last week. We are already waiting for the Council of State to determine the conditions for the hearings and to order the tests. The process of disinvestment continues against these 10 Congressmen.”
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Regarding the congressmen who boasted of donations on social networks, and then retracted them, he confirmed that he believes that “it is a delayed move on the part of the lawyers who were against him. They say that the nobles did not give up or not. that account number that they “They published on their networks. One of two things is happening: either they are lying or they are using third parties to do private business and that is called to the front man.”
Regarding the procedure used by several people to copy invoices for donations from other people, Carlos Patiño replied “The application used by the Government to collect taxes collected by the Government, for example, vehicle taxes and then I can pay for my vehicle from your account. “I am the one paying the tax, so getting into the account is not proof and that is why I asked the government to verify that.
In addition, he assured that “I asked the Government to confirm what is happening and the Government is delaying the answer and returning the money irregularly.”
Finally, he said that there are no similar cases previously recorded in other governments: “There is a precedent close to a donation that seems to me to be illegal and that was with the former mayor of Sabaneta, Santiago Montoya. The consultants left for Uruguay and Turkey with money from the tax payers. Coincidentally, they met Santiago Montoya, who made a cow for a public land issue and that is also illegal. That cow has never been prosecuted, but there is no precedent for the Government.”
Listen to the full interview with Wally Ospina below:
2024-04-30 03:55:06
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