Colombia’s right-wingers try to return to the limelight during the elections

Colombia began voting Sunday in parliamentary elections that will shape President Gustavo Petro’s final months in office and indicate whether the former dominant right wingers are prepared for a political return. Approximately 40 million voters are choosing from nearly 300 legislators. The results will determine the composition of the Congress and provide a significant assessment of the political landscape just weeks before the May presidential elections.

Reinforcements of security forces are stationed at polling stations in the Silvia municipality of the Cauca department, where indigenous Misaki women are expected to vote. The elections will determine the congress’s makeup and offer an important evaluation of the political situation as it approaches the May presidential elections.

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