National Registrar will request the general recount of the votes to the Senate in Colombia

The National Registrar of ColombiaAlexander Vega, announced this Monday that he will request the general recount of the votes to the Senate due to the doubts that the results of the elections of March 13 have left, whose scrutiny gave the left about 400,000 votes more than those initially counted.

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“As Registrar General I will request again tomorrow the recount of all the Senate tables (…) in order to safeguard the institutionality”Vega expressed in a press conference about the unprecedented decision taken in the face of doubts about the transparency of the Colombian electoral system.

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Sunday’s preliminary count gave the leftist coalition Historic Pact 2,302,847 votes in the Senate while the vote of 97% published on Friday by the Registrar’s Office awarded it 2,692,999, that is, 390,152 more votes, being the party with the greatest difference between the two data.

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Source: Elcomercio

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