In addition to the defeat at the polls, at least seven of the 11 candidates who competed yesterday in the electoral contest will receive a second bad news: Due to their low results, they do not have the right to receive the so-called replacement of expenses per vote.
This is the post-election state financing mechanism with which, in simple terms, Part of the resources invested by candidates and political parties during their campaigns are recognized and returned, taking as a reference the number of valid votes obtained at the polls.
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Those who crack
The campaigns of Roy Barreras, Claudia López, Miguel Uribe and Mauricio Lizcano. Photo:Private file
And although the final figure will depend on the campaign expenses that manage to justify before the National Electoral Council (CNE), it is already known that several will not obtain a single peso for not achieving the so-called threshold.
In fact, it is not an automatic mechanism. According to article 11 of Law 996 of 2005, presidential candidates They only have the right to state replacement of expenses when they obtain a vote equal to or greater than four percent (4%) of the valid votes. That threshold was close to 950,000 votes.
Thus, Claudia López, who claims to have spent close to 150 million pesos on her campaign, will not receive a cent. Their vote barely reached 225 thousand votes, even below the blank vote.
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Barreras, Lizcano, Londoño and others, at zero
Mauricio Lizcano, presidential candidate. Photo:THE TIME
In a similar situation are Roy Barreras, who says that he spent 113 million pesos and that he only obtained 14,108 votes; Miguel Uribe Londono, which has reported 661 million pesos in expenses and only had 28,657 votes; and Mauricio Lizcano, who was supported by only 53,839 voters, and spent 2,171 million pesos, including an aggressive advertising campaign.
They will not receive replacement either. Sondra Macollins, Gustavo Matamoros and Santiago Botero.
Sergio Fajardo, from Dignidad y Compromiso, was saved by 60 thousand votes. The million 9 thousand votes that he obtained will be enough for him to claim the 1,737 million that he says he has spent.
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The turns for De La Espriella, Cepeda and Valencia
The candidates will go to the second round. Photo:Private file
Those who do will receive a juicy state check, if they pass the filters Verification of expenses are Abelardo De La Espriella, Iván Cepeda and Paloma Valencia.
The candidate De La Espriella reported 31 billion 915 thousand 891 pesos of campaign expenses. With the 10,361,499 votes he obtained, they will allow him to cover the total expenses that, he has said, he paid for with bank loans.
On the sides of the Historical Pact, Cepeda’s campaign has reported 14 billion 217 thousand 157 pesos in campaign expenses. And for his vote, of 9,688,361, like De La Espriella, he will receive the same amount reported as replacement.
Another of the campaigns that reported the most expenses was that of Paloma Valencia with 31 billion 164 thousand 131 pesos, but for reaching so Only 1,639,685 votes, 6.92 percent of the total, the former Democratic Center candidate will receive 14,217,606,000 pesos.
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