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The shots of the intervention of Néstor Humberto Martínez during the debate on the Odebrecht case are still felt and underline the fact that the Attorney General has had a defiant and even intimidating tone from the beginning, when he spoke to denounce the "conspirators", until the end. .
As expected, his speech to the Senate plenary session was of course intended for Noticias Uno, for the revelation of the audios of Jorge Enrique Pizano, former auditor of Corficolombiana, who ignited the theme of Odebrecht and who did not believe it. has not stopped for two weeks. .
The head of the accusing body insists on his theory that the recordings have been manipulated and taken out of context. He added that the Pizano Ponce de Leon had described as infamous what he had done with the testimony of the patriarch of the family.
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Martínez Neira said ironically: "Thanks to the audios this week, it was established that Odebrecht had lied to the gringos at the United States Department of Justice". In this regard, he said that it was false and that the statement had been made by himself and that it was not a revelation of the records.
Cecilia Orozco, director of Noticias Uno, said on her Twitter account that what the prosecutor said was a lie. "He lies in his revenge speech to the Senate to defend himself from his own behavior, but he lies first of all on Noticias Uno, a medium he would like to bury." His interpretation of a message from our journalist in Pizano is rigged and tortuous, as can be shown. "
For the president of the Veedurías network, Pablo Bustos, the prosecutor's speech caused more doubts about his role as head of the bunker. Bustos, who was one of those who asked the ad hoc person to advance the Odebrecht file, compared this episode to that of the time of Ernesto Samper's government and the process of 8000.
"It was impossible for me to go to Congress just as a citizen," Bustos said. It seemed more than De La Espriella was there that the Prosecutor. His style was that of a street lawyer. This brought nothing new and impoverished the substantive debate. It seems to me serious that it shows the almighty power he has and the instrumentalisation he makes of the Office of the Prosecutor ".
Another source of concern in one area was the prosecutor 's comment on meetings that Senator Gustavo Petro had with the former president of the National Agency for Infrastructure, Luis Fernando Andrade. According to him, in the exclusive district of Rosales, a high-level sector where politicians, military leaders and national celebrities reside, were made aware of these meetings.
For the opposition, this comment has been interpreted as an illegal sequel to those who promote the debate against Néstor Humberto Martínez. These suspicions go in the same direction as that evoked by Andrade during an interview with COLPRENSA, when he said he detected antennas in buildings near his own and discovered drones that had taken pictures. and videos of his apartment.
The audios came from the sky
The head of the investigating body also referred to the statement made in January this year by Jorge Enrique Pizano to the Court of Arbitration. The audio recordings of this interrogation, said Martinez, "were sent to him by God".
The question concerned him while he had 15 minutes of intervention before the Chamber and that one of the first statements referred to the prosecutor concerned the time when an arbitrator of this court, named Hoyos, asked Pizano to determine "if there is information about the suspect". these payments. "
Martinez reads part of the answer, in the sense that this information has been pbaded on to the Office of the Prosecutor. With this section, he wanted to defend himself against the voices that claimed that Pizano had not received support from the research entity. However, he omits the part in which the former auditor badures that he also gave this information "to Corficolombiana and his president".
Then the prosecutor raises another issue that, in his view, is essential in this whole process. "You were aware of criminal acts, of an irregularity that had a connotation of crime in the direction of the dealer, they ask Pizano and he does not answer".
However, the question of Hoyos has a different context and, according to the transcript, the question is: "Were you aware of criminal acts or payments made outside the law before January 2017 internally?" (sic) ".
The answer is negative on the part of Pizano, because, as he himself says in his answer to which does not refer the fiscal Martinez, "from the order 2016-2017 I am not aware of the no irregular form of payment ".
As stated in the previous pages, Pizano told the Court that "after the investigations", Corficolombiana was informed, that Odebrecht was informed and that the investigations were conducted in 2015, of which they were conducted. by the Aval group. by the vice-chairmanship of the Aval Group Controller, who made serious observations in Odebrecht about the contracts signed and what led to the amendments to the statutes. "
After the statutory adjustments, explained Pizano, from 2016, the management of the concessionaire was responsible for preparing the reports and it appeared that they had also submitted contractual observations.
It is unclear why the prosecutor avoided these provisions, even though he said, "I came to Congress to testify to the honor and integrity of the prosecutor's office." Today, you know the whole story and not the manipulated version. "
The question was not of minor importance and, in a strong editorial, El País of Spain pointed out that the interference of Martínez Neira in the Odebrecht scandal "presupposes not only an additional difficulty in reaching the truth, but has also plunged the entire country into a political crisis that Colombians do not deserve ".
Subject of the ad hoc prosecutor
On Wednesday morning, the magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, Gerardo Botero Zuluaga, made a presentation on the appointment of an ad hoc prosecutor who will handle the ongoing investigation in the Odebrecht case in the country.
Botero Zuluaga confirmed that his speech was aimed at adopting a new delegate who will resolve the irregularities that occurred in the corruption network that he linked to the Brazilian company.
It will be the plenary session on Thursday that will decide whether or not it gives the green light to the presentation of the magistrate or if it ultimately refuses this request.
In case of acceptance, the Supreme Court of Justice will inform President Iván Duque so that he can send the shortlist and that the new investigator in charge of the case is chosen.
For his part, the President of the Supreme Court, José Luis Barceló, said in recent days that it was possible that the procedure of the ad hoc prosecutor ends before the end of the year.
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