Without giving any major details, the Supreme Court of Justice has just reported that it opened a corrective measure incident against Astrid Salamanca Rahín, the powerful administrative director of the Senate of the Republic, who has been re-elected seven times for that position.
The measure is linked to the inspection carried out by officials of the Investigative Chamber of the high court, by order of the magistrate Javier Fonseca, who investigates the alleged connection of the contracts that the young Deicy Jiménez obtained in various State entities in exchange for alleged sexual favors with the then president Gustavo Petro.
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The trail of the official
Astrid Salamanca, the administrative director of the Senate. Photo:Cesar Melgarejo
The Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO investigated and established that, in addition to being the authorizer of the expense, Salamanca appears certifying and approving the documents with which Jiménez entered, first into the Human Resources office, in January 2021; and, then, to the Administrative Archive Unit, in March 2023.
And it is already known that he had another contract in the first vice presidency of the Senate, in the time of the then congresswoman María José Pizarro.
In one of the chats that Jiménez has contributed, her interlocutor (according to her, Petro) He warns her that Pizarro knows that she is his recommendation.
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Salamanca’s endorsement
Deyci Jiménez in Congress. Photo:Private file
About Salamanca’s role in Jiménez’s hiring processes, the EL TIEMPO Investigative Unit found that he appears signing the suitability and experience check forms.
The previous studies that Salamanca signed for one of Jiménez’s contracts in Human Resources. Photo:Private file
In addition, the format of previous studies and analysis of the sector. In a document held by EL TIEMPO, from October 2021, it is established that to access the position only a high school diploma was required without experience, the profile of the young Jiménez who at that time was 22 years old. Three months later and for the same department, the same procedure was carried out with the OK of Salamanca and with a salary of 4 million 500 thousand pesos.
Another thumbs up from Salamanca appears in a contract from January 2022, when Petro continued with his seat in the Senate.
The certification of suitability and experience of Deyci Jiménez signed by Salamanca. Photo:Private file
The Investigative Unit of EL TIEMPO investigated and established that Astrid Salamanca appears signing the previous studies and analysis of the contract sector for 6 million 400 thousand pesos, to support management in the entity’s human resources division.
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Zero and there are four
Gustavo Petro and María José Pizarro. Photo:Presidency of the Republic
The Salamanca review was repeated in March 2023, when Jiménez joined the Senate Administrative Archive Unit. The administrative director appears certifying the suitability and experience of Jiménez in which she attached the certification of the HispanTV channel that was later disavowed by managers in Iran.
He also signed an identical procedure for the same agency, in July of that same year.
and for the entry to the first vice presidency of the Senate, the OK of Salamanca also appears.
THE TIME He tried to find the official’s version about her role in these procedures and about the Court’s decision and through a Senate official he made it known that it was his responsibility, according to the law, to sign those documents.
“It is the responsibility of the General Administrative Directorate to celebrate the contracts required by the proper functioning of the Senate of the Republic. (…) To enter into contracts for the provision of professional services or management support through direct contracting, the entity must previously verify that the person to be hired proves the suitability or required experience, as established in the previous studies,” he assured.
And he added: “Within the framework of said competence and in accordance with the applicable internal procedure, the General Administrative Director signs the corresponding certification based on the review of the supports carried out by the Contracting team and on the requirements defined in the previous studies.”
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