Colombia: Far-Right De La Espriella Advances First to Runoff as Petro Disowns Results
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The presidential election in Colombia did not make a decision in the first round, but it was a surprise. Right-wing lawyer Abelardo ... The post Colombia: Right-wing candidate beats left-wing senator Cepeda in the first round of elections appeared first on Apollo News.
Colombia: far-right De la Espriella advances first to runoff as Petro disowns results
Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella took first place in the first round of the Colombian presidential elections held on Sunday, in a result that contradicted all previous polls and immediately opened an institutional crisis. With 99% of polling stations counted in the preliminary tally, De la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria movement, reached 43.7% of the vote —some 10.3 million ballots—, while leftist senator Iván Cepeda, of the …
Abelardo de la Espriella will go to the ballot with the candidate of the left Iván Cepeda, heir of the outgoing president Gustavo Petro
Colombia Election Heads to Runoff: Right-Leaning Outsider Versus Leftist Ally of President
Colombia’s presidential election on May 31 yielded no clear winner and is now headed to a runoff on June 21. No candidate secured an outright majority—over 50 percent—in the first round of voting, sending the two leading candidates to a runoff, although outgoing leftist President Gustavo Petro is challenging the results. The first-round results showed right-leaning political outsider, lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, ahead with around 43.7 perce…
The president reacted to the election results and launched a message that has been described as undemocratic by public opinion.
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