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Colombia seeks to sink anti-fraud law ahead of 2022 elections
by Adriaan Alsema September 23, 2021
Colombia’s government and Congress are trying to abolish an anti-corruption law less than six month before national elections.
In its 2022 budget proposal bill, the government of authoritarian President Ivan Duque added a rider that would do away with so so-called Guarantees Law, which limits public spending in an election year.
The economic commissions of both the Senate and the House of Representatives approved the budget proposal, including the rider on Wednesday.
The Guarantees Law is arguably the most important piece of legislation to prevent the use of public funds for illegal campaign financing in Colombia.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-seeks-to-sink-anti-fraud-law-ahead-of-2022-elections/