The voting operations for the second round of the presidential election, which will decide between the left-wing opponent Gustavo Petro and the independent businessman Rodolfo Hernandez, began Sunday morning in Colombia, noted theAFP.
Incumbent conservative President Ivan Duque, who cannot run again, cast his ballot near the presidency in Bogota, marking the official start of the ballot.
Colombia chooses between two proposals for change. Whoever wins at the polls, the country will see a big change at the end of this historic dayheadlined the Sunday morning daily El time.
These elections are the tightest in the country’s recent history.also summed up the online media Cambio, while the latest polls published a week ago gave the two candidates almost equal at the end of a particularly bellicose campaign.
Nearly 39 million voters are expected between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time in 12,500 polling stations to decide between MM. Petro and Hernandez, who both campaigned on the theme of change and breaking with the conservative and liberal elites that have always ruled the country.
Nearly 320,000 police and soldiers will provide security for the poll, under the watchful eye of numerous international observers. As in the first round, which took place calmly, the results are expected in the evening.
The hypothesis of a too tight result has raised concerns in recent days, raising fears of possible excesses, as well as accusations of fraud, while Mr. Petro has repeatedly expressed his doubts about the software used for the counting after errors against him in the March legislative elections (won by his camp).
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada