Parties Begin to Get Out of the Meeting Called by Government Petro to Address Electoral Security
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President Gustavo Petro. Photo: Presidency. The meeting of the National Commission for the Coordination and Follow-up of Electoral Processes, convened by President Gustavo Petro on Monday, June 9, began to fracture before taking place. Opposition political parties, such as Radical Change and the Liberal Party, have rejected the invitation, arguing lack of guarantees and a climate of hostility driven by the government itself.
Several political parties have already announced they will not attend the meeting scheduled by the national government this Monday at 5 p.m. to discuss electoral security following the attack on presidential candidate Miguel Uribe. The Cambio Radical and Liberal Party factions stated they will not participate in the session of the Commission for the Monitoring of Electoral Processes as an act of protest against Petro's hateful actions. Cambio Ra…
In an extensive statement, former President César Gaviria Trujillo, as director of the Colombian Liberal Party, warned of the institutional deterioration that, according to his vision, has intensified after the attack on senator and pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. The statement, released on Monday, strongly condemns political violence and accuses the government of fueling a climate of confrontation that, he claims, weakens the constitutional …
Gaviria said that “when the legitimacy of Congress is attacked and polarization from power is encouraged, the atmosphere of confrontation that propitiates acts of violence deepens”
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