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Colombias establishment candidate investigated for election fraud
written by Adriaan Alsema October 23, 2017
The campaign of Colombia’s establishment candidate German Vargas denied allegations of election fraud on Sunday after a public official was suspended over illegal campaigning claims.
The campaign #Mejorconvargas said the mounting fraud accusations and investigation were part of a “dirty war” against Vargas, the heir of a political dynasty as old as the republic.
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In both regions, local officials were contracted or obligated to collect signatures that would allow Vargas to run as an independent, rather than with the endorsement of his political party, Radical Change.
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The accusations came at a time Vargas was already under fire for allegedly using the support of paramilitary warlords to get selected into the Senate in 2002.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-establishment-candidate-investigated-election-fraud/
