When does the closing of borders for elections in Colombia begin and when does it end?

The government of Colombia ordered the closure of the country’s land and river border crossings from Saturday, May 28, until Monday morning in order to guarantee the normality of the presidential elections on Sunday, official sources reported this Friday.

The measure was taken through a decree detailing that the decision It will take effect from 6:00 p.m. local time on Saturday (11:00 p.m. GMT) and 6:00 a.m. local time (11:00 a.m. GMT) on Monday, May 30 for the border crossings of Colombia with Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

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Director of Colombian MigrationJuan Francisco Espinosa, said in a statement from his office that the measure seeks to guarantee “total normality” in the development of the electoral day next Sunday 29.

The decree clarifies, however, that The closure measure will not apply to cases of transit that must be carried out for fortuitous reasons or force majeureas well as for those Colombian citizens residing in Venezuelawho have their identification cards registered in the mirror consulates, which operate in Colombian territory, in the border area.

THE CLOSURES

Thus, the immigration control posts that will be affected at the border with Venezuela they are the one from the department of La Guajira, the terrestrial migratory of Paraguachón in the municipality of Maicao; in Norte de Santander, the terrestrial ones of the Simón Bolívar International Bridge in Villa del Rosario, also the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge, in the El Escobal sector and the one located in the municipality of Puerto Santander.

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In the department of Arauca, the post located on the José Antonio Páez International Bridge, while in Vichada, the fluvial port of Puerto Carreño, while in Guainía the Inírida post will be closed.

On the border with Brazil, the closures will be the Leticia river migration control post.

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Likewise, on the border with Peru, those affected will be the one in the department of Amazonas, the Leticia river migration control post; in Putumayo, the river of Puerto Leguízamo.

Finally, on the border between Colombia and Ecuador, the ones that will be closed in Putumayo are the fluvial one of Puerto Leguízamo and the terrestrial one of San Miguel.

Meanwhile, in Nariño, the land posts of the Rumichaca International Bridge in Ipiales and the one located in the town of Chiles-Tufiño.

Next Sunday the first round of the presidential elections will be held. Gustavo Petroof the left-wing coalition Historical Pact, is the one with the highest voting intention in the polls.

However, it seems unlikely that he will get the half plus one of the votes needed to win in the first round, which would force a second round on June 19 between the top two.

The candidates who have the most options to reach that second round are the right-wing Federico Gutierrezof the Team for Colombia, and the populist Rodolfo Hernández, who threatens to unseat the latter.

Source: Elcomercio

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