Opacity in the management of resources in campaigns raises alarms less than a month before the presidential elections
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TL;DR
- Only five out of fourteen presidential campaigns have registered income or expenses with the CNE.
- Nine candidacies have not yet reported any financial information.
- The five campaigns that have reported are those of Abelardo De La Espriella, Paloma Valencia, Sergio Fajardo, Roy Barreras, and Claudia López.
- Total reported income is $31.108 million and has not varied.
- Reported expenses total $18.178 million, showing a decrease of $274 million.
- The low reporting rate occurs at a critical time, 31 days before the first round of elections.
- Limited visibility of financial flows reduces monitoring capacity and hinders control over the origin and destination of resources.