The current president of Colombia, (Colombia Humana, left), used his profile on
“No president can be proclaimed. It is scrutiny that determines who is president. I obey the judges. Peace of mind for citizens, please. Reality shows us a country split in half, and foreign interference takes away our freedom. A national agreement is necessary if we want to maintain the country and peace in the years to come”wrote Petro.
The polls closed on Sunday at 6pm (Brasília time). The pre-count began soon after and serves to quickly inform the trend of the result, but does not replace the official scrutiny.
(Defensores de la Patria, right) in the 2nd round with 49.66% of the votes. Overcame the senator (Historic Pact, left), supported by Petro, who took 48.70%.
SCRUTINY OF VOTES
Colombia will now carry out an official vote recount process, called scrutiny. By law, it begins the day after the election and is carried out by commissions made up of judges, notaries and other election officials.
The groups analyze the documents completed in the sections, check for inconsistencies and evaluate challenges presented by the campaigns. In certain cases, they may determine a new vote conference.
The final numbers may differ slightly from the pre-count. In the 1st round, the variation was less than 0.1%.
ABELARDO DE LA ESPRIELLA
Born in Bogotá, De la Espriella is a lawyer, 47 years old and has never run for elected office.
Known as “El Tigre”, he is part of Defensores de la Patria and built his campaign with references to right-wing leaders, such as (Republican Party), from the United States, (La Libertad Avanza), from Argentina, and (Nuevas Ideas), from El Salvador.
Trump public to the candidate before the 2nd round.
Among the proposals presented by De la Espriella are:
- reformulate the management and command bodies of public institutions;
- combat drug trafficking, corruption and mismanagement;
- dismantle armed groups and parallel power structures;
- reform the public bidding system;
- reduce the size of the State by up to 25%;
- reduce taxes, energy costs and rules for the productive sector.
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