In that sense, “we request the National Registrar of Civil Status, without further delay, hire the audit international and therefore give peace of mind to political forces and citizens,” added the group that supports the opposition Gustavo Petro, favorite in the polls.
Before the pronouncement of the Historical Pact, the electoral justice had already requested the external review of the system after the legislative elections in mid-March, in which the final count gave almost 400,000 votes for that coalition that had not been included in the pre-count released the day of the elections.
After the final count, the leftist coalition won three additional seats in Congress to reach 45 and become the party with the most seats.
The right-wing coalition made up of the conservatives and the ruling Democratic Center party lost two seats compared to the pre-count and questioned the final result.
As a result of the controversy, the National Electoral Council of Colombia, made up of representatives of the political parties, requested in April that the Registrar’s Office carry out “an international audit” of the computer systems used for the pre-count and scrutiny of the votes. .
Although voting is manual in Colombia, the results are processed and transmitted through two digital programs designed by private contractors.
Several civil organizations have questioned the transparency of these programs and ask to review their source code.
According to Gustavo Petro’s campaign, the international audit has not yet been contracted “despite the fact that the companies have already presented their technical and economic proposals.”
Questioned over the weekend on the subject, the head of the Registrar’s Office, Alexander Vega, assured that the auditing company will be selected during the week.
Petro, a 62-year-old senator and former guerrilla, leads the voting intention for the first round, although without enough support to avoid the ballot on June 19.
The former mayor of Medellín (2016-2019) Federico Gutierrezcandidate for the coalition of right-wing parties, would be his rival in the second round, according to the polls.
Source: Ambito
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