02 February 2010

COLOMBIA: Uribe Remains Popular, Favored For Election.

MERCOPRESS/   If Colombia's Constitutional Court authorizes a referendum on a second consecutive re-election, Uribe will lead ALL the current candidates. A recent poll shows 46.21% support for Uribe compared to 8.08% for independent Sergio Fajardo and 7.89% for Rafael Pardo from the Liberal party. Other hopefuls such as the former mayor of Bogotá, Antanas Mockus follows with 5.53%; former conservative minister Noemi Sanin, 5.48% and Gustavo Petro from the Alternative Democratic Pole, 3.51%. The court has three months to rule for the May 30 election.