974 shady candidates removed from Colombia’s local election ballots
974 shady candidates removed from Colombia’s local election ballots
Posted by Jonathon Orta on Sep 29, 2015
Colombia’s electoral regulating body on Tuesday announced that 974 candidates are ineligible to participate in October 25 local elections due to ongoing judicial proceedings or disciplinary sanctions.
The announcement made by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which is responsible for overseeing the upcoming elections, shows the most recent attempts by authorities to combat electoral fraud and corruption.
CNE President Magistrate Emiliano Rivera announced that the decision was a move to intensify efforts to clean up the election process according to El Espectador.
“We received almost 1,800 (candidates to be reviewed) of which 974 would-be candidates were revoked by the Electoral Counsel,” Rivera stated to Caracol Radio.
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