Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, a former far-left Social Democrat rebel who has vowed to “democratize” Colombia’s economy, has nearly double the percentage of his closest rival, the conservative Fr. win in the second round, indicated poll.
Mr. Petros, former mayor of the capital Bogota (2012-2015), gets 40% of the vote, while Mr. Gutierrez, former mayor of Medellin, the country’s second largest city, 21%, according to a poll YanHaas Research Institute ahead of the May 29 elections.
In the second round, according to the same poll, Gustavo Petro will win the match securing 47%, while Federico Gutierrez will receive 34%.
Mr. Petros’s percentage has increased by 3 percentage points since March according to this rolling poll, while Mr. Gutierrez’s percentage also rises (+ 2%).
Rodolfo Hernandez, an independent candidate who promises to fight corruption, is in third place with 12%, while fourth is the central Sergio Fajardo with 7%, according to YanHaas.
The poll, conducted from April 30th to May 7th using the personal interview method on a representative sample of 1,232 voters, has a margin of statistical error of ± 3.2%.
More than 39 million Colombians are eligible to participate in the process. If neither candidate gets more than half of the votes, a run-off will be held in June, with the two leading candidates taking part.
Mr Petros, 62, was forced to cancel his campaign earlier this month because, according to his campaign team, there was information that “the La Cordillera criminal organization was plotting to assassinate the candidate”. . The Cordillera is a “paramilitary organization” which is “involved in drug trafficking” and commits “killings” for pay, the statement said. Police confirmed a day later that they were conducting an “intensive” investigation into the case.
If Mr. Petros actually wins the election, he will become the first president of the left in a country that has known only right-wing governments in its modern history.
SOURCE: AMPE
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