Las presidential elections in Colombia 2022 will be held this Sunday, May 29, in which millions of citizens cast their vote and in case there is no second round, they get to know the new president who will take the baton from Ivan Duque Márquez. With this, it will be known what plans the new president will apply in the future or if the collection of economic subsidies – an issue that is of the utmost importance for fellow citizens – will continue its course.
VEA – Elections 2022 in Colombia: how, where and when to vote this Sunday, May 29
The National Registrar, Alexander Vega Rochaassured that for election day there will be no transfer of polling station or polling station due to public order situations and the winter wave. “Citizens will be able to vote en masse at the same polling stations in the elections to the Congress of the Republic”declared Vega.
Likewise, in El Comercio you will be able to know where to vote and which will be your polling station where you will vote in person.
WHERE TO VOTE IN THE 2022 ELECTIONS IN COLOMBIA
Vega Rocha recalled that before going to the polls, it is important that citizens consult the exact address of their polling place in the website of the National Registry. He also explained that the yellow citizenship card with holograms is the only valid document to be able to exercise the right to vote in Colombia.
CONSULT POLLING TABLE IN ELECTIONS 202 OF COLOMBIA
To find out if you are part of the voting jury, you can enter the following link. In addition, you can also consult them in the lists that will be published by the mayor’s offices of each municipality.
COLOMBIANS ALREADY VOTED IN SPAIN FOR THE 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Colombians residing in Spain began last Monday to vote for next Sunday’s elections, and since then they have made the country’s consulate in Madrid the place of the “democratic party”, from where they ask for “change” and send a message of “hope”. ”.
The first round of the Colombian elections for the presidency are marked by the polarization of society and by a desire for change that might bring to power the left-wing coalition Historical Pact, led by the former mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro, leader in the polls .
Petro is followed in the polls by the center-right candidate Federico “Fico” Gutiérrez, second ahead of the independent Rodolfo Hernández (whom many compare to Donald Trump) and the center-left former mayor of Medellín Sergio Fajardo.
About half a million Colombians reside in Spain, of which 169,507 have registered in the constituencies, the only ones who will be able to exercise their right to vote in the country.
Since last Monday, registered Colombian nationals can vote in seven Spanish provinces until next Sunday at 4:00 p.m. local time (6:00 p.m. GMT), and on Sunday itself there will be seventeen voting centers available throughout the country.
The voters who have already deposited the ballot in the ballot boxes of the Madrid consulate did so dressed in national team shirts, accompanied by flags or eating the typical empanadas and the Colombian pandebono that some compatriots sold at the doors.
“Compared to the previous elections, there is a lot of euphoria, a lot of optimism, I see people very animated and very participatory, in the parliamentary elections there were last-minute problems to vote, so this time we have been cautious,” the Colombian told EFE. María Eugenia Osorio at the gates of the consulate.
WHAT IS THE NEW SCHEDULE OF THE DRY LAW 2022 IN COLOMBIA
The Dry Law in Colombia it will start this May 28 from 6:00 p.m. and will end on Monday 30 at 12:00 p.m. It is good to point out that that time change was due to the Asobares, in which they requested to adjust the time taking into account that the match between Real Madrid vs. Liverpool will start at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday.
GOVERNMENT CLOSES BORDERS IN COLOMBIA 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
The Colombian government ordered the closure of the country’s land and river border crossings from Saturday, May 28, until Monday morning in order to guarantee the normality of the presidential elections on Sunday, official sources reported this Friday.
The measure was taken through a decree in which it was detailed that the decision will take effect from 18:00 local on Saturday (23:00 GMT) and 06:00 local (11:00 GMT) on Monday, May 30 for border crossings. of Colombia with Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
The director of Migration Colombia, Juan Francisco Espinosa, said in a statement from his office that the measure seeks to guarantee “total normality” in the development of the electoral day next Sunday 29.
The decree clarifies, however, that the closure measure will not apply to cases of transit that must be carried out for fortuitous reasons or force majeure, as well as for those Colombian citizens residing in Venezuela, who have their identification cards registered in the mirror consulates, who They operate in Colombian territory, in the border area.
