The Electoral Observation Mission buries any possibility of fraud in the presidential elections. Fear of polarization grows.
This Friday, the card that Colombians will use for the second presidential round was officially unveiled.
The candidates who will face each other on June 21 are still campaigning for the Presidency.
Juan Daniel Oviedo, a key figure for Paloma Valencia in the defeated presidential campaign, ventures his theories about what could have caused the collapse.
Analysts warn that statements by Petro and Cepeda do not guarantee that in the near future they will not try to push the controversial initiative again.
The president withdrew from this proposal as a way to bring Iván Cepeda’s campaign closer to the center.
After the defeat in the first round, both President Gustavo Petro and candidate Iván Cepeda say that the initiative is not going forward.
The CNE will make the declaration for the second round between Cepeda and De la Espriella. The president still does not recognize the results.
The president announced it through his official X account after the arrests on the Ibagué-Melgar road.
The electoral authority confirmed that it received the budgetary allocation from Hacienda. Distribution abroad, key.