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Colombia: Whether Carlos Mario López was a Liberal Party of Colombia (Partido Liberal de Colombia, PLC) candidate in the municipal elections and, if so, the municipality in question and the name of the other candidates; the date of the last two municipal elections

In Colombia, the last two municipal elections were held on 29 October 2000 (Antioquia n.d.; IFE n.d.) and 26 October 2003 (Colombia n.d.a; El Colombiano n.d.).

Carlos López Rodas was the Liberal Party of Columbia (Partido Liberal de Colombia, PLC) candidate in the municipal elections of 29 October 2000 in the municipality of Santa Bárbara, in the department of Antioquia (Colombia 7 Oct. 2004; ibid. n.d.b). He was elected mayor of the municipality for a period of three years, with 3,741 votes (ibid.; ibid. n.d.c). According to a representative of the Electoral Management Branch (Dirección de Gestión Electoral) of the Colombian National Register of Civil Status (Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil de Colombia), the two other candidates who participated in the election were John Nicolás Castañeda Blandon and Juan Agustín Vasco Holguín (ibid. 7 Oct. 2004).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection.

References

Antioquia. n.d. Gobernación de Antioquia. "Resultados de las elecciones efectuadas el 29 de octubre de 2000 para alcaldes populares, en los municipios de Antioquia por subregiones." <http://www.gobant.gov.co/anuario2001/justicia/ju5312.htm> [Accessed 6 Oct. 2004]

Colombia. 7 October 2004. Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil de Colombia. Telephone interview with a representative of the Electoral Management Branch (Dirección de Gestión Electoral).
_____. n.d.a. Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. "Calendario electoral para las elecciones de gobernadores, alcaldes, asambleas departamentales, consejos municipales y miembros de las juntas administradoras locales – octubre de 2003." <http://www.registraduria.gov.co/> [Accessed 6 Oct. 2004]
_____. n.d.b. Departamento Nacional de Planeación. "Resultados elecciones alcaldes." <http://www.registraduria.gov.co/> [Accessed 6 Oct. 2004]
_____. n.d.c. Ministerio del Interior. "Antioquia." <http://www.mininterior.gov.co/html/infodependencias/alcalygob.asp?id=2> (Google cache) [Accessed 6 Oct. 2004]

El Colombiano [Medellín]. n.d. "Los nuevos gobernantes del departamento." <http://www.elcolombiano.terra.com.co/proyectos/elecciones/2003/noticias/index_municipios.htm> [Accessed 6 Oct. 2004]

Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE). n.d. "Participación del IFE en misiones de observación electoral 1996-2001." <http://www.ife.org.mx/wwwcai/mobserva.htm> [Accessed 6 Oct. 2004]