Colombia electoral authority requests investigation of Petro campaign financing

9/10/2024 7:40

        Colombia's National Electoral Council (CNE) on Tuesday requested an investigation into the 2022 election campaign of President Gustavo Petro over alleged
        violation of financing limits, it said in a statement.
        
        The majority of the nine magistrates voted to approve an investigation into Petro and his campaign manager Ricardo Roa, who is currently the chief executive of Colombia's majority state-owned energy company, Ecopetrol.
        
        The decision to investigate comes weeks after Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, warned of an alleged plot to assassinate him or remove him from power through the courts.