Inspector General slams NGO report on criminal electoral candidates
Friday, 02 September 2011 07:07
Toni Peters
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Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez Maldonado said "<the one> who can disqualify is the Inspector General's Office, not Corporacion Nuevo Arco Iris," at the Ibero-American Congress on Electoral Law in Bogota.
He went on to say that the report "affects the transparency of the electoral processes," as Nuevo Arco Iris "has held legal discussions with actors who have interests in this debate."
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Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras requested the assistance of Nuevo Arco Iris in July to identify political candidates with "legal inconsistencies."
Vargas Lleras defended the report saying that Nuevo Arco Iris had performed field work "and simply is more input which was forwarded to intelligence agencies to verify the accuracy of the field information."
The deal between the government and the NGO was criticized heavily by politicians loyal to former President Alvaro Uribe, who felt the NGO was biased because of ongoing clashes between Uribe and Nuevo Arco Iris president Leon Valencia.
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