Colombia faces historic shift in upcoming elections

[Judi Lynn]

Country veer left to follow trend in Latin America, politics professor Mauricio Jaramillo tells Anadolu Agency
Laura Gamba |
13.03.2022

BOGOTA, Colombia

Colombia will hold legislative elections Sunday that will set the stage for a decisive presidential election in May.

Nearly 39 million of the country’s 50 million inhabitants are eligible to vote to renew the upper and lower houses of Congress and to elect a shortlist of presidential candidates.

It is a critical election, according to Mauricio Jaramillo, politics professor at Rosario University, because the country has always voted for a Congress dominated by right-wing parties but this election could completely shift the political map.

“The left is projected as one of the main forces in Congress and very likely to reach the second round of the presidential elections and even the presidency,” Jaramillo told Anadolu Agency.

Results will determine whether the next president will be able to govern, said Jaramillo.

“One of the main problems of the (Ivan) Duque government is that it has had a poor legislative performance,” he said. “The legislative agenda of this government is very meager so if the next president wants to pass bills, he must strive to obtain a majority in Congress.”

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