The Historic Pact has been very active since March 21, when National Registrar Alexander Vega announced that he would request a general recount of the votes cast by Colombians on March 13, particularly those that elected the new President of the Republic .
According to Vega, many inconsistencies have been found in the E14 forms used at polling stations citizens’ votes, although this does not mean there is fraud in the country.
As the official explained, since the votes are in the elections, the votes are not lost and that the problems are due to the filling out of the forms by some voting juries..
“The important announcement was made ahead of the meeting we had with delegates and members of the National Electoral Council. We will ask, and I will ask as National Chancellor, to uphold institutionality, to achieve election truthfulness, and in accordance with the myriad of inconsistencies in the Senate’s E14 forms and for the tranquility of the country, I will tomorrow (Ann this March 22) request the recount of all the tables of the Senate of the Republic, said Vega.
In response, Historic Pact presidential candidate Gustavo Petro assured that what Vega ordered “is now called a fraud. The chain of custody of the votes ended on Saturday. At that point, they may fill the ballot bags. They disregard the decision of 5,000 judges. We are facing a real coup promoted by Uribe.
But despite this controversy, in which three Senate seats could be affected, out of the 19 that the Historic Pact received after the last final count, the coalition assured that this Tuesday they will change focus and focus on the Petros election will focus on vice presidential formula ahead of presidential election scheduled for March 29
This was reported by the current Senator of Human Colombia, Gustavo Bolívar, through a post on social networks: “To move on to another topic, the parties of the Historic Pact decide today, at their own request, on Gustavo Petro’s presidential formula.”
However, in addition to the announcement, Bolívar decided to take part in its publication, assuring that he personally hopes that Francia Márquez will keep this important position in the coalition.
“My name is Gustavo Bolívar and I want Francia Márquez to be my Vice President!”added the congressman.
Moving on to another subject, the parties to the Historic Pact are today deciding on Gustavo Petro’s presidential nominee at their own request. To that I only say:
My name is Gustavo Bolívar and I would like Francia Márquez to be my Vice President!— Gustavo Bolivar (@GustavoBolivar) March 22, 2022
It should be remembered that Francia Márquez was one of the big surprises amid the crossparty consultations on March 13, when she received the secondbest vote in the Historic Pact consultation and the thirdbest vote in the three consultations that day compiled (alongside the Pact they also voted for the team for Colombia and the Esperanza Center).
According to official registry data, Márquez had 785,215 votes; while Petro received 4,495,831; Meanwhile, Federico Gutiérrez (Team for Colombia) and Sergio Fajardo (Hope Center) received the support of 2,161,686 and 723,475 Colombians respectively.
In conclusion, it’s important to note that the appointment of politics as Petro’s vicepresidency formula is still an unknown, given that consideration When the coalition was formed, it was agreed that the member that ranks second in the Pact’s consultation should take that place.The truth is that Petro has shown signs that he doesn’t want to respect that agreement.
There are strong indications that the leader of the Colombian left is considering electing a member of the Liberal Party to gain the support of César Gaviria, the leader of that group, and so the traditional party is sticking with its presidential campaign.