The lawyers Carlos Rodriguez and Hector CarvajalRepresentatives of Daniel Quinteroannounced that they had already presented the respective precautionary measures to the IACHR to protect the rights of the recently suspended mayor and that they will meet with this Commission on Monday, May 23.
“We request some precautionary measures so that the right of Mayor Quintero is restored by order of the Inter-American Commissionthat right to exercise the position for which he was elected and the right of voters, because voters also have rights,” said Carlos Rodríguez.
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The lawyer who will represent Quintero said that the request for these measures has already been submitted and that on Monday they will attend with Daniel Quinteroto meet with the Executive Secretary and with the staff in Washingtonwhere they will present the case and seek to demonstrate how the Government is challenging a decision of the Court and the convention.
“The decision of the Attorney General violates not only the convention but also the Constitutionbecause the convention is incorporated into domestic law with the same hierarchy as the constitution (…) The sanction can only be imposed by a judge in a criminal case, and disregards the judgments of the Inter-American Court, because the Court has already told him in a order of November that this jurisdictional room does not meet the conditions of being a judge in a criminal case, and Colombia must abide by the sentences, “explained lawyer Rodríguez.
Mayor Daniel Quintero was suspended on May 11 for his alleged involvement in politics.
“The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation has the constitutional and legal competence to investigate, provisionally suspend and penalizeeven with dismissal and disability, to all public servants in the country, including those of popular election, “said the attorney at that time Margaret White Hair.
The head of the Public Ministry added that no public servant, from the lowest rank to the highest level, can use the position to participate in the political activities of political parties and movements, and act in political controversies.
From the moment of the suspension, Quintero has defended himself once morest the accusations, arguing alleged breaches of due process in which, according to him, the Attorney General’s Office incurred.
