While the left denounces “sabotage”, the electoral authority exposes security reasons.
Two days before the consultation with which the Historical Pact plans to define its list for Congress and its presidential candidacy, the Registrar’s Office clarified What is the basis for locating your voting points?after complaints of alleged “sabotage.”
The national registrar, Hernán Penagos, indicated that the electoral authority assigns the positions “depending on the deployment and operational capabilities of the public force”as it tries to adjust to the conditions of security and public order.
“The Registry Office does not locate a position or a voting station in a place where we do not have security guarantees from the public force“, he noted, while indicating that he will not take ballot boxes to places where there is a risk for jurors.
According to the official’s statement, the objective is not to endanger electoral witnesses, Registry staff, voters or, in general, to people who participate in the day. And also, “protect electoral material.”
“All voting stations are enabled,” said Penagos, and clarified that they will be entirely 13,400, of which 3,300 will be in the rural sector. The deployment of points exceeds double that of previous consultations, such as that of the Democratic Pole in 2021.
Senator and presidential candidate Iván Cepeda had denounced that “numerous peasant and indigenous organizations” claimed thatThere were no voting stations in certain rural areasso they would not be able to vote on October 26.
Source: Integrated Information System
