Colombian Ultra-Right Candidate Challenges Order that Forbids Him From Using Patriotic Symbols
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Cartagena (Colombia), 9 Jun (EFE).- The Colombian presidential candidate of ultra-right Abelardo de la Espriella and his followers challenged on Tuesday a court order that prohibited them from using patriotic symbols and allusive expressions to military institutions and filled with flags the Plaza de la Customs, in Cartagena de Indias, in a massive campaign rally.
This is not the first time that the candidate has faced judicial restrictions, because on an earlier occasion, a judge in Bogotá ordered him to refrain from wearing the Colombian team shirt in campaign events and publicity.
The Bogotá High Court ordered on Tuesday the right-wing presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, to dismantle in the next 24 hours all the political propaganda in which he used patriotic symbols such as the flag and national coat of arms of Colombia, as well as images alluding to military and police institutions.
Colombian Court Orders De la Espriella Not to Use Patriotic Symbols in Political Campaign · Global Voices
Abelardo de la Espriella’s campaign has been stripped of his patriotic component. Admitted to the tutelage filed by lawyer Dylan Lizarazo Ramos, a magistrate of the Bogotá High Court has ordered the ultra candidate to withdraw all political propaganda in which he uses patriotic symbols such as the flag of Colombia, the shield and other representative figures of the Nation, as well as the images alluding to military and police institutions, the g…
Yesterday in Colombia, the Superior Court of Bogotá ordered the presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, his vice presidential formula José Manuel Restrepo and the “Defensores de la Patria” movement to withdraw in 24 hours all electoral publicity that uses the Colombian flag, the national shield, images of military or police institutions and military emblems. In addition, it is forbidden to use the expressions “Signs for the Homeland” an…
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