{"id":25783,"date":"2007-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/the-presidents-attitude\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T07:23:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T12:23:14","slug":"the-presidents-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/the-presidents-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"the President&#8217;s Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La semana pasada el pa\u00eds presenci\u00f3 de nuevo al Presidente en actitud desaforada contra periodistas y magistrados. Ante las cr\u00edticas que produjo su comportamiento, Uribe se defiende diciendo que lo suyo no es c\u00f3lera, sino valor civil.<\/p>\n<p>La actitud belicosa de Uribe contra la prensa -para no hablar de las ONG y de los l\u00edderes de la oposici\u00f3n- es, sin duda, preocupante. Pero lo es mucho m\u00e1s cuando esa actitud se dirige contra los jueces.<\/p>\n<p>Para empezar, es bueno recordar que esta no es la primera vez que los magistrados son atacados por el Presidente. La Corte Constitucional era blanco casi permanente de sus cr\u00edticas, hasta cuando se aprob\u00f3 la reelecci\u00f3n; desde entonces, la se\u00f1alada es la Corte Suprema, a la cual Uribe califica, entre otras cosas, de estar sesgada pol\u00edticamente. Por supuesto, un Presidente tiene derecho a criticar al sistema judicial y a proponer reformas para eliminar sus vicios, incluso cuando se trata de vicios que, como el clientelismo, tambi\u00e9n padece su propia clase pol\u00edtica. Lo que no le queda bien al Presidente -no le luce, como dice Le\u00f3n Valencia- es descalificar, con simples agravios personales y a viva voz, por la radio y la televisi\u00f3n, a magistrados que -ellos s\u00ed, con un gran valor civil- se encuentran investigando los v\u00ednculos entre el paramilitarismo y una parte importante de los pol\u00edticos que acompa\u00f1an al Presidente.<\/p>\n<p>El derecho que tiene Uribe de defender su pol\u00edtica de gobierno debe ejercerlo a trav\u00e9s de los canales institucionales -La Fiscal\u00eda y la Comisi\u00f3n de Acusaciones- y no por medio de intimidaciones a los jueces. \u00bfO alguien podr\u00eda decirme que para un magistrado encargado de investigar asuntos ligados al paramilitarismo y que afectan al Gobierno no es intimidante que Uribe lo llame por tel\u00e9fono a pedirle explicaciones, o peor a\u00fan, que lo acuse de estar pol\u00edticamente sesgado?<\/p>\n<p>Hay quienes explican, y hasta justifican, la intemperancia del Presidente por la mala imagen que algunas decisiones judiciales han producido en el exterior, lo cual ha dilatado la firma del TLC. Si eso as\u00ed, el presidente deber\u00eda saber que, al menos en Estados Unidos -un pa\u00eds que tiene una cierta veneraci\u00f3n por el sistema judicial- nada contribuye m\u00e1s a esa mala imagen que su actitud altanera con los jueces.<\/p>\n<p>Pero lo que m\u00e1s preocupa es el efecto que todo esto va a tener en el proceso de paz con los paramilitares, hoy desmovilizados, pero reconvertidos en una mafia que corroe el sistema pol\u00edtico. Sin una justicia independiente y poderosa -mucho m\u00e1s poderosa que la actual- no tendremos nunca la posibilidad de derrotar esa mafia creciente. M\u00e1s a\u00fan, es poco probable que eso se logre sin una colaboraci\u00f3n estrecha entre todos los poderes p\u00fablicos.<\/p>\n<p>Lo m\u00e1s triste es que, con Uribe, la historia reciente del pa\u00eds habr\u00eda podido ser muy diferente. Un Presidente con su popularidad y su talento pol\u00edtico habr\u00eda podido encontrar en la justicia un aliado ideal para enfrentarse de manera radical y efectiva a esos poderes locales que engendraron la &#8216;parapol\u00edtica&#8217;. Al hacerlo, habr\u00eda perdido muchos amigos, pero habr\u00eda conseguido fortalecer no s\u00f3lo al Estado -legitimando a\u00fan m\u00e1s su lucha contra las guerrillas- sino tambi\u00e9n su propia imagen de estadista capaz de ponerse por encima de las contiendas pol\u00edticas. Desafortunadamente, Uribe parece tener todav\u00eda, a pesar de su enorme popularidad, demasiadas ataduras sicol\u00f3gicas y culturales con ese pa\u00eds arcaico, patriarcal y finquero que engendr\u00f3 la &#8216;parapol\u00edtica&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Sea como fuere la manera como la historia lo juzgue, entre tanto, los jueces tienen derecho a exigir que el Presidente acomode su mal car\u00e1cter a las reglas de juego institucionales y que no sean las instituciones las que se acomoden a su mal car\u00e1cter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The warlike attitude of Uribe is a lot more worrying when is directed against the judges.  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