With the presence of the Minister of the Interior, in presidential functions, Daniel Palacios Martínez; the National Registrar of Civil Status, Alexander Vega and the Governor of AntiochAníbal Gaviria, installed the Departmental Table of Electoral Guarantees for the department.
The event was also attended by representatives of the different political parties and movements, high-ranking Army and Police officers, mayors of several municipalities, and other actors in the electoral process.
“What is intended with this table is to monitor the entire electoral process, give the greatest guarantees to each and every one of the actors in the process, to have a clean, safe and democratic citizen vote,” said Minister Palacios.
For this, he added, there are two mechanisms that will be applied for the votes for Congress and coalitions on March 13.
The first was called ‘Plan Agora 2’which aims to ensure the safety of candidates and transparency in campaigns.
The second, known as ‘Democracy Plan’will be responsible for ensuring security in the territories, for which more than 100,000 men will be available.
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The act was attended by representatives of the different political parties and movements, high command of the Army and Police, mayors of several municipalities
Government of Antioquia
The minister recalled that in Antioquia, with this second plan, there are prioritized 13 municipalities, in which work will be done with the public force to ensure security in all territories.
“Regarding electoral transparency, cases of campaign financing, illicit money, promoting non-stigmatization and non-violence will be followed up,” said Minister Palacio.
Regarding the protection schemes, the official said that more than 1.3 billion pesos are available for the National Protection Unit, to carry out these activities.
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Of all the candidates for the Senate at the national level, 16% have a protection measure, 12% of the candidates for the Chamber and the 19 candidates for the Presidency
In this, progress has been made so that 60% of the candidates for the peace seats have protection.
“It is important to mention that, of all the candidates for the Senate at the national level, 16% have a protection measure12% of the candidates for the Chamber and the 19 candidates for the Presidency,” added the official.
He pointed out that they will work hand in hand with the Government and the mayors to strengthen public order measures.
For his part, the National Registrar of Civil Status, Alexander Vega Rocha, stated that the electoral census for Antioquia is greater than 5 million of citizens who can vote.
“We will have 123 more voting stations compared to the last elections, which are 1,260 more tables in the territory and there will be greater accessibility to voting,” Vega said.
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For Governor Aníbal Gaviria Correa, the increase in tables is remarkable, as well as the facilities that the new ballots have, “elements that make this electoral process guarantee us the possibility of having a greater vote, thanks to greater voter access. Today we have been given very important and official information on all the figures in Antioquia for this process,” said the departmental president.
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