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EU beefs up Colombia election monitoring commission amid growing fraud scandal
by Jarrod Demir May 22, 2018
The EU said Tuesday that eight members of the European parliament will monitor Colombia’s elections amid mounting evidence of widespread election fraud.
The lawmakers will arrive in Colombia on Friday and join two representatives that have been in the country since May 4.
The announcement came after leftist candidate Gustavo Petro clashed with the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos over a growing scandal over widespread fraud that allegedly altered “between 10% and 20%” of the outcome of legislative elections in March.
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Elections in Colombia are notoriously corrupt. Santos was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014 partly due to illegal campaign financing by multinational Odebrecht. The two preceding elections were marred by paramilitary death squads that coerced voters.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/eu-beefs-up-colombia-election-monitoring-commission-amid-growing-fraud-scandal/
