Three months after the territorial elections that will take place throughout the country, attorney Margarita Cabello warned that there are currently 660 registered candidates with disabilities.
As explained by the attorney, this preliminary report was made with the lists presented by the Registrar’s Office at the end of the registration period and a data crossing with the Information System for the Registry of Sanctions and Disability Causes (SIRI).
The data provided by the control entity warn of disciplinary notes in 14 candidates for mayoralty, 19 for deputies, 544 for council, 3 in governorships, 55 for local administrative boards and 25 candidates for mayors in Bogotá. Read here: “If we do not vote well, the tolls will return to Cartagena”: Alex Flórez
During the Electoral Process Advances forum held in the city of Santa Marta, the attorney pointed out that the list “should be confirmed and verified with the final data from the Registrar’s Office in order to subsequently proceed to forward the information to the National Electoral Council.” .
On the other hand, the Head of the Public Ministry expressed her concern about the public order situation in the country, after the murders of two candidates for municipal councils were made known, in Honda, Tolima, and San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander. Also read: Dumek wins another assault on Dau: fine and 5 days of arrest for the mayor
“From the Attorney General’s Office, in multiple scenarios, we have insisted on the need for the public force and the Protection Unit to intervene in the security problems of all the candidates,” he stressed.
2023-08-12 03:32:19
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