Miguel Ángel Pintosenator of the Liberal Party, was pointed out by President Gustavo Petro as responsible for the death of a social leader and defender of peasant rights in Cauca. The congressman announced that he will take legal actions against the head of state.
This May first, President Petro convened the mobilization of his supporters to file the popular consultation with Congress. during his speech, he lashed out at the senators of the Seventh Commission – to which Pinto belongs – for sinking the labor reform project.
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In the midst of the intervention, the president held Pinto for the death of Alberto Peña, a militant of the historical pact who was killed by hitmen when it was peripheral in favor of the popular consultation in the urban area of Miranda (Cauca).
“He is the first dead thanks to the decisions of that congress, Alberto is killed by Pinto, for having denied the process of labor reform,” was the assertion of the head of state.
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The liberal senator responded to the president’s accusations and called him “irrational.”
“His irrational assertions They will be criminally denounced before the Accusations Commissionin the Inter -American Court of Human Rights and before the international community, as well as their death threats, to congressmen who do not vote their consultation. He went from .. ”, said Pinto and added: “The sole responsible for that death is the President of the Republic with the failure of total peace.”
Senator Pinto was not the only one in questioning the assertions of the Head of State. From several sectors of the Congress they promised not to be intimidated and give a serious debate to the popular consultation that will be processed during the next 20 days in the plenary of the Congress.
