Gustavo Bolívar reacts to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Yidispolitics: “Who benefited did not pay even a second in prison”

On September 27, the Supreme Court ratified the conviction of two former government officials for their involvement in the infamous case known as “yidispolitica”. This controversial situation dates back to alleged bids that attempted to influence legislative support for the president’s re-election in 2004. Former ministers Sabas Pretelt de la Vega and Diego Palacio Betancourt must serve a six-year prison sentence for participating in these elections.

After the news was announced, one of the national government officials expressed his position on the matter. The director of the Department of Social Prosperity, Gustavo Bolívar, said through his X account that whoever benefited from the said controversy did not end up in prison in the same way. And the events took place during the government of former President Álvaro Uribe.

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In addition, Bolívar described the said case as “rare”. “YIDISPOLITICS What a strange case.” Those who offered the bribes (Sabas Pretelt, Diego Palacio and Alberto Velásquez) and the person who accepted the bribe (Yidis) were convicted, but the person who benefited from the bribe did not pay a second in prison. “He was re-elected president behind his back!” wrote the director of DPS through his X account.

Bolívar’s post provoked all kinds of reactions for and against his words from those who follow him on the said social network. Among the comments, one internet user compared the case of the government of Álvaro Uribe with the case of the La Guajira cisterns in the government of Gustavo Petro.

“This case is very similar to the case of tarot tanks. Congressmen were bribed to pass pension reform, who will go to jail? “The middle managers and the one who gave the order?” commented user @Wilsonfsanabria.

On the other hand, another political figure who spoke about the issue through the same social network was a senator close to the national government, Sandra Ramírez, who said that there were people who “were very quiet” after the recent decision of the Supreme. court. In addition, he described the re-election of Álvaro Uribe as “bought”.

“The Supreme Court confirmed the convictions of Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, Diego Palacio and Alberto Velásquez, which means that the re-election of Álvaro Uribe Vélez in 2004 has been redeemed. Let’s not forget that this is how YIDISPOLITICA was discovered. Some are silent,” the senator from the Comunes wrote on her X profile about the case.

Regarding the case, the court decision remains unchanged for the former director of the government entity Dapre Alberto Velásquez Echeverri, who joins the former ministry officials concerned. The former ministers challenged the verdict issued in April 2015, who declared them guilty of offering favors to then legislators Yidi Medina Padilla and Teodolindo Avendaño.

The aim was to guarantee their support in the final debate on the initiative to allow a new presidential term. Despite his appeal, the six-year prison sentence remains firm.

The Supreme Court’s criminal panel found that the testimony of Yidis Medina, originally convicted of the situation, along with other evidence, showed that the defendants acted in concert and in defined roles. The former lawmaker, identified as the cornerstone of this event, helped demonstrate the coordinated procedure and division of tasks among the participants with her statement.

“(…) demonstrate that the three defendants, based on the mediation of the agreement, acted together, with a division of labor, and that the contribution of each of them was significant for obtaining the subjective component, so much so that it was due to the omission of both congressmen, the draft legislative act continued its course,” reads the mentioned finding.