21.   After both incidents, it released statements criticizing drug corruption and demanding Samper step down.

22.   An array of congressmen from the ruling Liberal Party, some also suspected of drug corruption, are also holding the line.

23.   Attorney General Roberto Gomez has asked Congress to use all the tools it has at its disposal to go after those touched by drug corruption.

24.   But the rebel group has rejected them, calling his government illegitimate because of his allleged involvement in drug corruption.

25.   But the so-called Commission of Investigation and Accusation is the tool of a congress ridden with drug corruption, critics said.

26.   But many lawmakers closely associated with drug corruption won election.

27.   Congress, itself riddled with drug corruption and dominated by Samper allies, exonerated the president of drug charges last month.

28.   Critics said the commission is the tool of a congress riddled with drug corruption.

29.   Drug corruption runs deep in Congress.

30.   He alienated many Colombians by publicly attacking the efforts of Prosecutor General Alfonso Valdivieso, who is heading an inquiry into the influence of drug corruption on Colombian politics.