Independencia judicial: el caso Cepeda-Uribe: Un triunfo de la verdad y el Estado de Derecho

Abstract

Senator Iván Cepeda analyzes the Supreme Court of Justice's historic ruling, which exonerates him from accusations of witness tampering and shifts the criminal investigation toward former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez for alleged procedural fraud. Cepeda describes Uribe’s reaction as a frontal assault on judicial independence and a symptom of desperation in the face of the solid evidence gathered over six years. Furthermore, he dismisses theories of an electoral conspiracy, clarifying that the swiftness of the ruling was requested by both defense teams to bring closure to a process that already contained sufficient evidentiary material. In the political and social sphere, the senator links this legal outcome to his historic work in Congress denouncing the ties between paramilitarism and sectors of power. He highlights the importance of truth and justice within the post-conflict context, drawing parallels between his situation and the persecution suffered by Magistrate Iván Velázquez. Finally, Cepeda calls for political level-headedness, promoting the creation of a coalition among candidates who defend the peace process ahead of the upcoming elections to guarantee the country's democratic stability