A mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) which monitored the legislative elections on Sunday in Colombia, reported Tuesday vote buying, movement of money and lack of guarantee on the secrecy of the ballot, and noted the calm that came true.
Vote buying was observed by members of the mission of the OAS electoral oversight in the departments (provinces), Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena (north), Ontario (center), Nariño (southern border with Ecuador) Norte de Santander (northeast border with Venezuela), according to a report released to the press, published AFP. "This practice is not concentrated in one game," said the Chilean Enrique Correa, head of the mission, at a press conference . According
Correa, vote buying was not only with cash but by offering perks such as scholarships or food, to point to specific cases that members of the mission noted in the municipalities of Palermo (Magdalena), Magangué (Bolivar ) and Soledad (Atántico). In several localities of the department of Cundinamarca OAS observers noted that voting was paid a sandwich and 20,000 pesos (10 dollars), said.
The OAS also drew attention to the lack of logistical guarantees to preserve the secrecy of the vote, which, according to Correa, favors the purchase. "The secret vote is not properly guarded in a significant number of polling stations, "said the report, and urged the government to improve this estructura.En scrutiny as the OAS warned that the" telephone transmission of the preliminary data does not have an effective system authentication , verification and auditing, creating a risk of distortion. "
also lamented the lack of training of judges and called for" streamlining voting mechanisms, which are not conducive to vote in people with lower education levels, said Correa.Finalmente, said the peace mission that the elections passed, indicating that "terrorist acts fell 86% and 100% political violence."
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