The Colombian Cambio Radical Party announced Tuesday that it has refused to endorse 163 candidates for the upcoming elections, mostly due to the applicants’ previous criminal convictions.
Cambio Radical leader German Varon explained that the majority of those removed had been found guilty of criminal behavior, and even if they have already served their time, new political reform bans them from holding public office.
Varon stated that the current Cambio Radical candidates for the governorship of Arauca and La Guajira, as well as the mayoral candidates of Riohacha and Circacia are among those who should be stripped of their endorsement. Varon said that he would release a complete list very soon.