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Weekly Report - 31 August 2017 (WR-17-34)
COLOMBIA: Vargas Lleras launches independent presidential bid
Germán Vargas Lleras, Colombia’s former vice-president (2014-2017) and the main leader of the Cambio Radical (CR) political party, has announced that rather than seek the presidency in next year’s general election on a CR ticket, he will try and register as an independent candidate. Vargas Lleras is one of the leading presidential hopefuls and his unexpected announcement has sparked speculation that it answers to an attempt to break all ties with the Unidad Nacional centre-right ruling coalition and the incumbent government led by President Juan Manuel Santos to run on a more right-wing electoral platform. The big question is whether Vargas Lleras’ gambit will pay off and lead him to the Casa de Nariño or whether it will end up costing him the presidency.
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