Colombia Green Party Wins
Potential Voters
BOGOTA - The leader of the Colombian Green
Party, Antanas Mockus, reached a technical
tie in popularity rating with his most
dangerous rival in the presidential race,
and stated his goal is to win in first
electoral round. A poll by the National
Consultancy Center (CNC) and CM News
revealed that Mockus has climbed
considerably in voting intentions, while
Conservative Noemi Sanin has lost popular
support.
The study shows that the candidate for the
ruling U party, Juan Manuel Santos, keeps
leading polls, but the former Medellin's
mayor follows him with only one percent
point less.
According to political analysts and experts,
if the margin of error is taken into account
in the survey, Mockus could even lead voting
intention for the general elections on May
30. A poll held last week evidenced that the
former defense minister had 36 percent
popularity rating, and the
philosopher-mathematician 29 percent.
In the CNC new order, Mockus goes to the
elections with 34 percent vote intention,
and Santos with 35.
After the results were disclosed, the
university professor said the Green Party
must prepare more than ever to win in first
round.
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