Ex Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe retires amidst fraud allegations

Columbian court for the first time arrests its ex-president for fraud, Alvaro Uribe, has been  held under house arrest accused of fraud and witness tampering, forcing the leader to announce his resignation on Tuesday.

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In a resignation letter to the Senate president posted on Twitter, Uribe listed a variety of reasons that he said had prompted him to “annul any expectation that I can return to the Senate.”

Daily Times gathered that, Alvaro Uribe complained about “the violation of eight procedural guarantees” and claimed to have been the victim of “illegal and malicious wiretaps … and selective leaks to political opponents and journalists.”

The 68-year-old, who heads the Democratic Center party of current President Ivan Duque, previously resigned in July 2018 after the Supreme Court summonsed him.

He seemingly did so in an attempt to escape investigation by the Supreme Court  which is the only body with judicial jurisdiction over legislators.

He had accused the court of being biased against him.

Uribe’s seat is expected to be taken up by whichever remaining candidate on his party’s list from the 2018 elections got the highest number of votes