The human rights defender Jahel Quiroga Carrillo she would become the 20th senator elected from the Historic Covenant. However, the final result issued by the Colombian National Electoral Council, CNE, is missing.
(Elections: these are the candidates for the Vice Presidency of Colombia).
The information was provided by several members of the caucus. Senator Gustavo Bolívar posted on his Twitter account: “What a pity to bother you at this time but it is to tell you that we have reached 2.8 million votes and we already have the 20th CURUL! Most voted list in the history of Colombia.”
What a pity to bother you at this time but it is to tell you that we reached 2.8 million votes and we already have the CURUL 20!
Most voted list in the history of Colombia.RT. Until tonight the scrutiny yields the following result: pic.twitter.com/UyJqcRmXgj
– Gustavo Bolívar (@GustavoBolivar) March 30, 2022
Quiroga’s entrance would remove Sara Castellanos from the Liberal Party from the Senate and the bench of the Historical Pact, whose leader is Gustavo Petro, would position itself as the largest in the corporation.
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According to Bolívar, so far the scrutiny has yielded the following result:
Historical Pact: 20 seats.
Conservative Party: 15.
Liberal Party: 14.
Green Alliance Coalition: 13.
Democratic Center: 13.
Radical Change: 11.
The U: 10.
Mira-Colombia Justa Libre Coalition: 4
Likewise, the elected congressman, Gabriel Becerra, pointed out that it is a triumph not only from the electoral sphere, but also for the vindication of the memory of the Patriotic Union, UP.
One of the most serious events in the history of the conflict in Colombia is the extermination suffered by the UP, according to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. “We survived to return. And although there are few of us left, we managed to maintain the memory of the UP, that they give us back our legal status and have leadership within the country’s political left,” Quiroga told EL TIEMPO at the time.
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(With information from EL TIEMPO)