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The Colombian elections of 2007 () refers to the democratic elections of October 28, 2007 in the Republic of Colombia. The elections were organized as established by the Colombian Constitution of 1991 by the National Electoral Council (''Consejo Nacional Electoral'', CNE) to elect Department governors with its respective Department Assemblies, Mayors with their respective City Councils and the Local Administrative Juntas (JAL). The elections have been marked by the assassination of 22 candidates and the kidnapping of at least two. The main armed group targeting the elections is the marxist leninist guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), as part of the Colombian armed conflict with the government of Colombia.〔(votebien.com )〕 The President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez publicly called not to vote for those candidates preferred by the FARC or candidates who were offering to buy people's vote.〔(ELESPECTADOR.COM - Noticias )〕 While in some areas there are reports of untrusting the elections due to the break out of the Parapolitica scandal in 2006 in which it was discovered that members of the demobilized paramilitary group United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had been colluding with political leaders and members of the public force in order thwart adversaries and advance politically.〔(VoteBien - Elecciones 2007 )〕 On this date some 27 million Colombians are apt to vote to elect between some 86 thousand candidates to represent 1,098 Colombian municipalities and 32 governors of Colombian Departments. Colombian authorities mobilized 167,559 soldiers and policemen in order to vigil the 9,950 voting sites.〔(ELESPECTADOR.COM - Noticias )〕 ==Irregularities in election process== The Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the National Registrar of the Civil State (''Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil'') announced several changes in some voting sites in the Colombian Caribbean region: In Cartagena and Magangue in Bolívar Department, Gonzalez in Cesar Department, Barranquilla and Malambo in Atlántico Department and Santa Marta and El Retén in Magdalena Department after there were reports of irregularities.〔(Polo triunfó en Bogotá y Nariño, pero uribismo mantiene mayorías - Archivo - Archivo digital eltiempo.com )〕〔()〕 The local newspaper El Nuevo Día from Ibagué, Tolima Department reported that opposition groups to Major Bolívar Guzmán blocked access to the town of Valle de San Juan also in Tolima Department, alleging that there had been a manipulation of the election process. The blockage prevented functionaries of the National Registrar from establishing elements needed for voting. Members of the Colombian National Police and the Colombian Army were called to reestablish control in the town.〔Elecciones 2007. En Valle de San Juan no se abren las urnas 28-10-2007 a las 00:00:00 VALLE DE SAN JUAN Una delicada situación de orden público se presenta en estos momentos en el municipio de Valle de San Juan, luego que grupos opositores a la corriente política del actual Alcalde, Bolívar Guzmán bloquearan las vías de acceso a la población, en protesta por la presunta manipulación del proceso, impidiendo incluso la llegada de funcionarios de la Registraduría así como del material electoral. A esta hora, refuerzos de Policía y el Ejército se desplazan hacia ese municipio para retomar el control y permitir que los electores puedan acudir a las urnas. En una hora se definirá, si las elecciones se llevan a cabo o si definitivamente se postergan. ()〕 There were also reports of fraudulent techniques used to obtain more votes, the most common was the ''Trasteo electoral'' (Literally "Vote Carrying") in which for example a municipality gets more votes than its official population able to vote, as it occurred in the municipality of Piojó in Atlántico Department where there were 6,088 people subscribed as apt to vote, but its actual population apt to vote over 18 years old is 2,988.〔(ELECCIONES-COLOMBIA: Esperanza en la sociedad civil )〕 Caracol Radio reported that there had been 49 people captured for committing electoral fraud crimes and there had been 26 denunciations reported to the Inspector General of Colombia Edgardo Maya among these the possession of numerous IDs used to illegally vote more than once and the exchange of votes for money or groceries for votes. Inspector General Maya-Villazon also discarded any possibility that elected candidates sanctioned with disciplinary sanctions, penal crimes, impeachment or any other fault on this elections will not be able to take office. He also mentioned that in case any of these candidates took office will be suspended from office.〔(Noticias - Caracol Radio )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colombian regional elections, 2007」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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