Green Tide Marks Colombia
Political Week
BOGOTA - Former mayor Antanas Mockus''
increase in voting intentions, and a
Constitutional Court ruling marked the
Colombian political panorama this week, few
days to the presidential elections.
According to a survey by Ipsos and Napoleon
Franco polling firms, Mockus and his Green
Party enjoy up to 20 percent of voting
intentions, at least for the first electoral
round late in May.
Meanwhile, the candidate of the ruling
party, Juan Manuel Santos, holds 30 percent
of popularity, with conservatives in a
discreet third place with former diplomat
Noemi Sanin on the lead.
Spokespersons from Napoleon Franco survey
taker commented that the Green Tide of the
also university professor and mathematician
has risen from nine to 20 percent in vote
intentions in less than a month.
Former minister Santos, from the U Party,
remains as favorite in almost all polls, and
would go to possible runoffs in June, with
45 percent of support.
In the Meantime on Friday, the Colombian
Constitutional Court (CCC) did not give the
green light to a decree on Social Emergency
presented by the national government four
months ago.
The ruling thus hindered a health reform
bill brought forward by the Alvaro Uribe
administration.
Magistrate Ivan Palacio was one of the
project's main detractors, and affirmed in
the plenary session the legal initiative had
insuperable structural problems.
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