Colombia’s Petro repeats vote fraud claims days before handing over power
- Outgoing leader renews allegations that Colombia’s electoral authorities and international observers have rejected.
- Colombia’s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has repeated allegations that June’s presidential election was rigged, rejecting the legitimacy of his right-wing successor, Abelardo de la Espriella.
- Speaking before journalists in Bogota on Monday, the left-wing Petro claimed that programmers had altered thousands of tally sheets after counts were transmitted to the national election agency.
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- Outgoing leader renews allegations that Colombia’s electoral authorities and international observers have rejected.
- Colombia’s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has repeated allegations that June’s presidential election was rigged, rejecting the legitimacy of his right-wing successor, Abelardo de la Espriella.
- Speaking before journalists in Bogota on Monday, the left-wing Petro claimed that programmers had altered thousands of tally sheets after counts were transmitted to the national election agency.
Sources: Al Jazeera