00:10Welcome back to From the South and let's go to Colombia where after election day was over,
00:15the polling stations closed and the vote counting began. The vote count will determine the members
00:21of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the 2026-2030 term as well as choosing
00:27three presidential candidates in consultations between left-wing, centre and right-wing parties.
00:33For this part, the Immediate Reception Unit for Electoral Transparency reported a total of 775
00:41citizen complaints during the day which include corruption, offences, voter coercion, political
00:47intervention by public servants and violation of propaganda rules. It should be noted that
00:52according to the National Registry, the elections organiser, more than 41.2 million Colombians
00:59were eligible to vote at 125,259 polling stations set up in 13,746 locations throughout the country.
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