Via Reuters comes a story from late last week that I never got the chance to note: Uribe re-election effort hits snag in Colombia
A bid to elect Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to a third term next year hit a snag on Friday after a panel of arbiters ruled that signatures collected in support of the effort were gathered improperly.
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The final decision falls to the Constitutional Court, which is reviewing a bill passed by Congress calling for a referendum on the proposed constitutional amendment.
El Tiempo has more details: Próximo miércoles se sabrá qué pasará con la decisión de los conjueces del CNE sobre el referendo and Proceso de referendo continuará mientras se ratifica decisión sobre violación de topes: Conjuez.
Specifically, the “panel of arbiters” is a panel from the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), which is a regulatory body that oversees electoral matters. The issue at hand appears to be about the financing of the signature-gathering process.
There are differing opinions in Colombia as to whether such irregularities in signature collection would be grounds for rejecting said signatures. The entire situation will ultimately be part of the Constitutional Court’s deliberations on the matter.
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