[Politics] The strong controversy in the Democratic Center by internal survey

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Ernesto Macías and María Fernanda Cabal agreed that the data from the internal survey should be known to public opinion. Photo: Colprensa

 

 

After an internal poll determined that Óscar Iván Zuluaga will be the presidential bet of the Democratic Center for the 2022 elections, a harsh controversy broke out within the party. Senators from different sectors are asking that the results of the measurement be made public to make the process more transparent.

Without Cabal and with Jennifer Arias: CD bench backed Zuluaga
Zuluaga emerged victorious after facing Paloma Valencia, Rafael Nieto, Alirio Barrera and María Fernanda Cabal, who had surpassed Zuluaga in other polls that measured voting intention.

 

The one who first requested to make public the data of the internal measurement, which was carried out by two polling firms, was Senator Ernesto Macías, who has supported Zuluaga's presidential aspiration. "I ask the Party leaders to officially make public the results of the polls, the signatures that carried them out and the audit they verified," Macías wrote on his Twitter account.

His request was seconded by Senator María Fernanda Cabal. In response to Natalia Bedoya, a well-known Uribe activist, Cabal assured that key information should be made public: on the one hand, the sample used by the pollsters and, on the other, the data collected.

Cabal also claimed that 3,000 polls were "scrapped." In addition, he ironically asked Bedoya: "Have you already published your millionaire contracts, Natalia?"

However, when it became known that the winner of the internal bidding of the party had been Zuluaga, Cabal acknowledged his defeat. But she clarified that he would not seek positions in a government. “I prefer the Senate, where I have my own voice, to being an official in an eventual government. I flatly rule out any position in a possible government. I like to design a public policy, but from the law so that the official can materialize it, but not as an official, ”Cabal said.

So far, the Directorate of the Democratic Center has not ruled on the issue.
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In that sense, Óscar Iván Zuluaga is expected to compete with other center-right presidential candidates, such as the members of the so-called Coalition of Experience: Enrique Peñalosa, Juan Carlos Echeverry, Federico Gutiérrez, Dilian Francisca Toro and Alejandro Char.

 

LINK: https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/politica/maria-fernanda-cabal-y-ernesto-macias-piden-hacer-publica-encuesta-del-centro-democratico-KA16077049