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How Colombia's president lost his legitimacy
President Ivan Duque, a.k.a. "Porky" (Image: President's Office)
by Adriaan Alsema June 2, 2021
President Ivan Duque lost control over Colombia as mounting evidence of his alleged ties to organized crime gradually eroded the government’s legitimacy.
The first evidence of the the president’s corruption and ties to organized crime emerged before his 2018 election already.
While still on campaign, Duque was caught falsifying his CV and the Supreme Court opened a criminal investigation into the president’s boss, former President Alvaro Uribe.
Furthermore, Duque’s support from politicians with proven ties to drug traffickers caused concern that the “Uribista” candidate was a “mafia puppet.”
Evidence of widespread election fraud in the congressional election triggered Supreme Court fraud investigations against multiple of the president’s allies.
The National Registry refused to investigate evidence of widespread fraud in the presidential elections, which severely eroded Duque’s perceived legitimacy ahead of his inauguration.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/how-colombias-president-went-from-weak-to-powerless/