{"id":28273,"date":"2013-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/the-inspector-generals-short-sightedness\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T08:04:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:04:11","slug":"the-inspector-generals-short-sightedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/the-inspector-generals-short-sightedness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inspector General&#8217;s Short-sightedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pero la jugada podr\u00eda hacerle perder la mano. Su decisi\u00f3n gener\u00f3 un momento de incertidumbre pol\u00edtica propicio para realineamientos que pueden hacer que Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez se debilite o incluso salga del juego pol\u00edtico. Si es as\u00ed, la destituci\u00f3n ofrecer\u00eda un ejemplo cl\u00e1sico de miop\u00eda pol\u00edtica, pues creyendo que la persecuci\u00f3n del adversario lo fortalecer\u00eda, el procurador podr\u00eda haber cavado su propia tumba.<\/p>\n<p>Como llevan diciendo hace a\u00f1os sus cr\u00edticos, Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez puso en evidencia lo descabellados que eran los poderes que la Constituci\u00f3n le hab\u00eda dado a la Procuradur\u00eda. Aunque esos poderes existen desde el 91, y algunos antes de eso, ning\u00fan procurador los hab\u00eda usado de la manera sectaria y arbitraria que lo ha hecho Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez. Esos abusos encuentran motivaci\u00f3n en la postura ideol\u00f3gica del procurador de que la Constituci\u00f3n solo debe amparar ciertas creencias, y de que es admisible y deseable para la democracia perseguir a la oposici\u00f3n y eliminar el disenso.<\/p>\n<p>Pero los abusos solo fueron posibles porque la Constituci\u00f3n le otorgaba al procurador funciones suficientemente amplias para adelantar tales persecuciones y porque la Corte Constitucional las interpret\u00f3 en el sentido de que pod\u00edan incluir a funcionarios elegidos democr\u00e1ticamente. Eso hizo que muchos constitucionalistas y miembros de la opini\u00f3n p\u00fablica se dieran cuenta de la necesidad de reformar los poderes de la Procuradur\u00eda, por ser at\u00edpicos en perspectiva comparada y violatorios de principios constitucionales y tratados internacionales.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, hasta el momento esa postura no parec\u00eda tener posibilidades reales en el Congreso, para cuyos miembros la Procuradur\u00eda es un nicho clientelar apetecido. Tal situaci\u00f3n podr\u00eda haber cambiado con la destituci\u00f3n de Petro, que muestra con demasiada claridad que la Procuradur\u00eda es casi omnipotente, que puede remover del cargo a los m\u00e1s altos funcionarios de representaci\u00f3n popular e impedirles que gobiernen durante m\u00e1s de una d\u00e9cada con motivaciones ideol\u00f3gicas disfrazadas de d\u00e9biles argumentos de legalidad. La s\u00fabita relevancia del tema, y la movilizaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica que est\u00e1 generando, podr\u00edan llevar a que el Congreso considere tal reforma como prioritaria.<\/p>\n<p>Pero adem\u00e1s, con su decisi\u00f3n Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez gener\u00f3 una oportunidad para que la oposici\u00f3n y algunos sectores del establecimiento se unan en torno a la reforma de las funciones de la Procuradur\u00eda y de la presi\u00f3n para que Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez se retire del cargo. Es dif\u00edcil que este \u00faltimo resultado suceda, aunque si se usaran los laxos est\u00e1ndares que us\u00f3 el procurador para remover a Petro, sobrar\u00edan las razones para sacarlo a \u00e9l. Como sea, una eventual alianza contra la continuidad de Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez podr\u00eda convertirlo en una figura estigmatizada y con poca favorabilidad, y reducir as\u00ed sus posibilidades pol\u00edticas futuras, que son las que parecen orientar su ejercicio del cargo y que generan esperanzas para la extrema derecha del pa\u00eds. Una alianza de esa naturaleza podr\u00eda permitir que la oposici\u00f3n sobrepasara sus diferencias internas y se aliara, si no como partido con coherencia ideol\u00f3gica, al menos como bloque contra el proyecto pol\u00edtico que promueve Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez.<\/p>\n<p>Para que una alianza as\u00ed prospere, conviene que el eje sea una defensa inequ\u00edvoca de la institucionalidad, que le permita distinguirse de su adversario y criticar su decisi\u00f3n como una afrenta a la democracia. Las alusiones de Petro a la violencia pasada contra la oposici\u00f3n son por ello desatinadas, pues comparan cosas muy distintas y pueden generar m\u00e1s apoyo al procurador en lugar de socavarlo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspector General thought that he was playing an ace of diamonds when he removed Petro from office. 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