16 senators, comprising 14% of Colombia’s Senate, should be banned from voting for the Inspector General, claimed the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) on Thursday.
The director of MOE, Alejandra Barrios, filed the petition making the claim that 12 of the senators are currently under investigation and should subsequently be prevented from voting, while the remaining four senators should be prohibited because they have family relations within the Inspector General’s Office.
The 16 Senators MOE objected to partaking in the Inspector General election adds up to 14% of Senate. Caracol claimed that if elections were held today including the votes of the senators in question, Ordoñez “