The Registry Office has formally requested from the National Government, specifically the Ministry of Finance, the funds to carry out the second presidential round on June 21.
New response from the Registrar to President Gustavo Petro: review of 5,300 polling stations shows no irregularities and there were no changes to the software
All procedures have already been carried out before the department led by Germán Ávila, who had previously informed this newspaper that they were awaiting the formal request to proceed with the disbursement. That is, at this moment the ball is in the hands of President Gustavo Petro‘s government, which by constitutional mandate is obliged to disburse these funds immediately to ensure total normality in holding these elections, which must be organized in less than three weeks.
Registry Office responds one by one to President Petro’s comments: ‘The complaints presented at the polling stations were minimal’
It is about 996 billion pesos to launch the organization of a second round, where Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda will compete for the Presidency.
Some sectors have expressed their concern about a possible alteration of the electoral calendar if the Government’s transfer is delayed. The alert comes after President Gustavo Petro’s announcement to disregard the results of the first presidential round, which took place on Sunday, May 31, where Abelardo de la Espriella led by almost 700 thousand votes over Cepeda, the candidate of the Historic Pact and for whom the head of state has openly campaigned despite legal prohibitions.
Fact checking: Why what President Gustavo Petro says about an alleged modification of the electoral census is not true?
Added to the above are Petro’s constant attacks on the electoral organization and fraud allegations without any evidence and contrary to what all the international electoral observation missions that accompanied the process say.
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