00:00President Abelardo de las Priegas responded to the president with a harsh message.
00:04of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Magistrate Alejandro Ramelli, after
00:09numerous statements in which he questioned the proposal to transfer up to 100 billion
00:14from the entity's budget to the Superior Council of the Judiciary.
00:17The confrontation comes after Ramelli sent a letter to the International Criminal Court
00:22warning of risks to the court's fiscal independence.
00:25The origin of the debate lies in a proposal that the senator already presented to Congress.
00:30Enrique Gómez of National Salvation to bring those resources to the ordinary justice system.
00:35It had the approval of the Casa de Nariño, a fact that was questioned by the JEP in a
00:40The letter states, among other things, that cutting those funds would constitute a breach of contract.
00:46of the commitments expressly assumed by the Government of Colombia in the agreement of
00:50cooperation agreement signed with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on October 28
00:55of 2021.
00:56The consequences would not only be budgetary.
00:59If the budget cuts are implemented, essential components would be compromised.
01:04for the functioning of transitional justice, says the letter signed by Ramelli.
01:08In that context, the head of state sent a message through his social media accounts in
01:12the one who questioned the content directed by the president of the JEP to the international body.
01:16I do not share or accept the content, scope, or tone of that communication, he wrote
01:21de las Priella, in a lengthy message published on the morning of September 20.
01:25In the first instance, the president clarified that today there is not a single decision in my
01:29government that allows irresponsibly asserting that Colombia is failing to meet its international commitments.
01:35Furthermore, he questioned the amounts allocated to that court in recent years, which already
01:39They would have exceeded 3 trillion pesos.
01:42That's not strangulation or revenge, it's fiscal responsibility. I refuse to accept that every unapproved peso...
01:48It should be presented as a punishment. Public resources are not infinite, he said, before immediately following
01:53ask what has been done with the resources already received.
01:56This exchange of statements once again raises doubts about a possible meeting between the president
02:00and Magistrate Ramelli, further highlighting the differences that the head of state has expressed
02:05against that court.
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