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Weekly Report - 10 October 2024 (WR-24-40)
COLOMBIA: Petro denounces coup attempt
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro claimed that a coup was afoot on 8 October. His latest claim followed a vote by the national electoral council (CNE) to launch a formal investigation on the suspicion that his electoral campaign in 2022 exceeded spending limits. Petro blasted the CNE, which he alleged had been “captured by the opposition that wants at all costs to put my integrity in doubt”. Against this backdrop, the interior minister, Juan Fernando Cristo, is endeavouring to push through congress a political reform that contains, among other things, a shake-up of the CNE, while advancing a national accord which, inter alia, seeks to reduce political polarisation.
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