The Colombian president raised doubts about the accuracy of the vote count after his candidate finished the 1st round in second place
The state entity responsible for supervising public agents in Colombia rejected this Monday (1st) the alleged irregularities reported Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, in the vote count of the first round of the presidential election, in which your candidate came in second place.
The president and his ally, candidate Iván Cepeda, raised doubts about the accuracy of the calculation preliminary in which the far-right candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, won by a small margin and who will compete with.
“There is no known evidence or evidence” that supports the alleged irregularities highlighted by Petro and Cepeda, declared Gregorio Eljach, head of the Attorney General’s Office, an independent control body.
Petro suggested on X, on Sunday (31), that the software used for the preliminary vote count, developed by a private company, had been changed and that “hundreds of thousands of votes were added”.
This Monday (1st), Cepeda moderated his position and stated that will await the final investigation to comment, although there is no “evidence” of “possible irregularities”.
The Electoral Court organizes elections in Colombia and conducts a quick count on the same day as votingalthough the data is not definitive.
At the same time, the official count under the supervision of the National Electoral Council (CNE)which subsequently declares and consolidates the results.
According to the organization, 99.88% of polling stations had already been counted on Monday afternoon. The head of the entity, Hernán Penagos, told the radio Blu that to The investigation will be completed “from today to tomorrow” and that the information will then be delivered to the CNE.
Consulted by AFPa CNE official stated that the Definitive results could take “weeks” to be released.
By law, the president does not have “competence” in Colombia to “decide whether or not to accept” the election results, Eljach said.
on Sunday with 43.7% of the voteswhile Cepeda obtained 40.9%.
