00:00Dr. Nubia Estela Martínez, Dr. Silvio Carrasquilla, Dr. Juan Carlos Wills, Dr. Juan Felipe Lemus, Dr. José Antonio Parra, Dr.
00:14Plinio Alarcón, Dr. Cielo Brusinque, Dr. Ana Bautista, Dr. Gérsel Pérez.
00:23Invoking God's protection, do you swear before this corporation, which represents the people of Colombia, to faithfully and loyally fulfill
00:32the duties of the office of magistrate of the National Electoral Council that are imposed upon you in accordance with the
00:38political constitution and laws.
00:42If they do so, may God, this corporation, and the people reward them; but may he and they reward you.
00:49sue. Congratulations, honorable magistrates.
00:53The election of the new National Electoral Council made it clear that the government of Abelardo de la Espriella managed to consolidate the
01:00majorities in Congress.
01:01He secured seven of the nine positions on the court, and even with the clashes he has had with the
01:06Parties aligned with his project, such as the Democratic Center, achieved a victory that thwarted the aspirations of the opposition.
01:12The decision was meticulously planned and finalized late at night with three irons that were
01:18They contested with a clean vote.
01:20A majority on that electoral court is secured with six of the nine seats. The ruling party is calm because...
01:26He more than succeeded.
01:26The first slate included former representative Silvio Carrasquilla for the Liberal Party, and former representative Juan Carlos Willis for
01:33the Conservative Party, to former senator Juan Felipe Lemos for the Party of the U,
01:37to Nubia Estela Martínez, co-founder of the Democratic Center, and to Plinio Alarcón, leader of the legal office of the past
01:44National Electoral Council and candidate for the Christian Mira Party.
01:48That negotiation was the most delayed, but it allowed parties that could not muster more than ten congressmen, like Mira, to gain seats.
01:54and National Salgation will each secure a position on the court.
01:57That didn't sit well with the Greens, who went into the election divided and without fielding their own candidate.
02:03on none of the irons.
02:04In the end, the majority, led by the bloc of the governor of Oyacá, Carlos Amaya, went for another pro-government candidate.
02:10Former representative Gersel Pérez, who is from Cambio Radical and comes from the Char family.
02:15That name ultimately sealed the majorities for the government in the CNE.
02:19All these movements resulted in the opposition not achieving third place and remaining with the same representation as
02:25has at this moment.
02:26Two seats that will be occupied by the former Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Cielo Rosinque, and the former Director of Legal Management of
02:33Land Agency, Ana Jimena Bautista.
02:35Although one of the positions was initially reserved for former representative Alirio Uribe, it was former president Gustavo Petro who took it.
02:42the first decision.
02:43All magistrates will begin their duties on September 1st.
02:47He still needs to make decisions regarding the decisions of the Democratic Center and the Green Alliance.
02:51But beyond that, their first challenge will be the regional elections, for which several parties are already campaigning.
02:56reorganizing.
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03:21Thank you.
