Petro announced that he will not attend presidential debates until “transparency of the vote is guaranteed”

The opposition leader and presidential candidate of the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petro, announced on Monday that he was suspending his presence in the electoral debates, which take place within the framework of the first round, until “transparency of the vote is guaranteed” in the country.

This announcement by the left-wing senator, who leads the polls of voting intention in Colombia, comes hours after the national registrar, Alexander Vega, reported that he would request a general recount of the votes for the Senate during the Electoral Guarantees Commission, in the face of repeated questioning by different collectivities and candidates because of the obvious irregularities in the legislative elections.

“I suspend my presence in electoral debates until the transparency of the vote is guaranteed. We will act with the utmost prudence and call on international oversight to act promptly. At the moment there is no transparent chain of custody on the votes already counted,” said candidate Gustavo Petro, after his coalition became the force with the most representatives in the Senator.

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