The standard bearer of the largest opposition coalition in the world Venezuela, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiaurged on Thursday National Electoral Council (CNE) to carry out a process audit with international observation of the results of the presidential elections of July 28, in which it was proclaimed Nicholas Maduro as a winner, both inside and outside the […]
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The MOE asked the CNE and the prosecutor’s office to investigate the financing of the Petro campaign
The Election Observation Mission (MOE) on Monday requested that the National Electoral Council and the Office of the Attorney General launch a joint criminal and administrative investigation into the financing of Gustavo Petro’s campaign for Colombia’s presidency. The foregoing – according to the electoral control entity – for the purpose of establishing the responsibilities that […]
Elections 2023: Registration of significant groups increased by 185%
According to the official figures published by the National Registry of Civil Status, with a May 25 cut-off, registration of key citizen groups and social movements has increased by 185% ad portas of the 2023 territorial elections, which will be held on 29 October. Alcaldía continues to reign as the company with the highest registration, […]
The registration period for the interparty consultations ends this Thursday
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 4, the deadline will expire so that the pre-candidates for popular, internal or party consultations of the parties, political movements and key groups of citizens planning to participate in the 2023 regional elections, the registration processes, for the selection of their candidates for elected office. According to the National Registry of Civil […]
Mass registration of social movements for elections in 2023
With a total of 1,025 major citizen groups and social movements registered with the March 29 court for the National Electoral CouncilInterested in participating in the exercise of democracy in the 2023 regional elections, CNE predicts historical figures in the country in terms of candidates or electoral actors. read: Elections 2023: 25 parties intending to […]
CNE guided map update for electoral risk prevention
On behalf of the National Electoral Council, the investigating judge Cesar Lorduysocialized in Barranquilla the beginning of the technical tables with which it is expected to update the mapping of electoral risk in the country, and especially in the Caribbean. In accordance with gentlemanthe electoral court was convened by the Electoral Information and Intelligence Center, […]
Elections 2023: 25 parties intending to run in the primaries
Before the National Electoral Council, 25 of the 31 political parties in Colombia have expressed their intention to participate in or hold consultations with a view to the elections in October. According to the electoral court, the communities of all sectors and tendencies have expressed their interest in holding these elections, which would serve as […]
Fico Gutiérrez formalized his intention to create a political party
Former presidential candidate Federico Gutiérrez submitted a request to the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Wednesday to give the Creemos movement legal status. Before the regional elections, Gutiérrez hopes to consolidate the new leadership in the country, having received more than 5 million votes in the last presidential election. Among the requirements required by law […]
CNE magistrates have no measures or protection arrangements
In a letter to the director of the National Protection Unit (UNP), Augusto Rodríguez, the magistrate of the National Electoral Council (CNE), César Lorduy, expressed concern over the lack of security measures and arrangements in which the robes of the court in the middle of an election year . Lorduy warned that the members of […]
“Changing accountability would pose risks to transparency”
Speaking from the organization Transparency for Colombia, they expressed concern about the possible abolition of the requirement that candidates for popular election positions currently have to submit their income and expense statements to the National Electoral Council (CNE). The NGO’s executive director, Andrés Hernández, issued the warning after the media revealed an alleged directive approved […]