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(CNN Español) — The president of Colombia, Ivan Duque, reported this Tuesday that he accepted the resignation of the Minister of Justice, Margarita Cabello, whom he nominated to be the attorney general of the Nation.
“I want to highlight his management to advance in the politics prison, bring justice to the citizen and promote life imprisonment against child rapists, “wrote the president on his Twitter account.
“Dr. Margarita, a great woman at the service of the judicial branch. She has been a judge, deputy attorney and president of the Supreme Court of Justice. We recognize and appreciate her work in the Government and her work for a more effective justice and closer to the citizen ”, she added.
On Friday, Duque had nominated Cabello for the list of attorney general of the Nation. “Colombia deserves for the first time a woman prosecutor, a woman who has dedicated her entire life to justice,” he said.
Cabello had assumed as Minister of Justice in June 2019, replacing the outgoing Gloria María Borrero.
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