“With nothing to hide” or “no holds barred” are some of the slogans that candidates use to show their “transparency”, others believe they are Avengers. In networks they are viral in each campaign.
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Next Sunday, March 13, Colombians return to the polls for a new electoral contest. These are the legislative elections where local politicians face each other to obtain a seat in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
However, in the midst of campaigns to convince their voters, many have carried out and staged curious advertising strategies; some end up going viral.
Yaned Mazo ‘transparent’
Yaned Mazo is one of the politicians who has gone viral on social networks in recent days, the reason? your own campaign.
She is a candidate for the House of Representatives for the U Party and according to her followers she has broken schemes by making a video in which she literally “shows herself transparent”.
came out totally naked.
In the video published by the candidate, she states the following:
- “Politics is done naked. No lies, no tricks, no filters. Letting see what we are. Decency is not wearing your clothes, decency is not deceiving or running over Colombians”.
In social networks there are many Internet users who have been talking about it, but not because of its proposals, debate or strength in dialogue; but because of the video in which she appears naked.
— Colombia Out Of Context (@OutOfContextCol) February 21, 2022
The fight against stereotypes in a swimsuit
During the previous week the ‘mess’ on social networks was due to the campaign flyer of another candidate for the House of Representatives of Huila.
Is about María Fernanda Plazas of the New Liberalism.
Who went viral and triggered a whole series of discussions on social networks for his photos in which he was in a bathing suit and promoting ecotourism.
To her many netizens They attacked her with comments that were classified as misogynistic and sexist.
They argued that his campaign had nothing to do with the proposals he made and that they were also completely unknown.
Short mind and absolute machismo, the scandal of the photos of @mafeplazasbravo candidate for the Chamber for Huila for her photos in a bathing suit, @miguelgutierce he does the same in his campaign for the House for Antioquia and nobody has said anything. The fact of being a woman. @NvLiberalism pic.twitter.com/n7sYqKvGBH
— Andrea Blanca. (@blancaansanchez) February 17, 2022
On this criticism and controversy, on February 17 through La W Radio, the engineer in Water Resources and Environmental Management indicated that she was a woman passionate about ecotourism, the environment and her proposals were directly related to it.
- “One proposal is to work for ecotourism in my region, with the coherence that one must take care of nature. On the subject of tourism, this value chain must be strengthened, it is necessary for tourists to reach the different destinations, roads in excellent condition, the development of the regions is given by the state of the roads, ”he said. means, medium.
Other cases
However, these are not the only cases, as it will be recalled that there have been countless similar situations in different electoral periods in the country.
One of these is the one made by Estéfano Santa Cruz, a candidate for the Council in Medellín who resorted to a curious campaign on social networks, a photo where the only thing that covers are his genitals and that explained:
It was the naked candidate to show that he hides nothing.
He was supported at the time by the Alianza Social Independiente party, ASI.
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Some believe Avengers:
From the creators of… pic.twitter.com/RRxuZiITye
— jeffer (@jeffermiller) February 18, 2022
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