This Sunday, October 26, the Historical Pact will have elections throughout the country to define its presidential candidate between Iván Cepeda and Carolina Corcho (Daniel Quintero will also appear on the card, but resigned) and the order of the closed Senate and Chamber lists of President Gustavo Petro’s movement.
In the country, every time there are elections, Prohibition is decreed from the day before the voting with the argument of maintaining public order.
You can read: Parties withdraw from the Petrism consultation and leave the Polo alone, did the Pact manage to get out of the legal labyrinth or just gain time?
However, the rule establishes that Prohibition is mandatory during national or territorial elections organized by the National Registry.
This includes presidential, legislative, departmental, municipal or district elections, as well as those of mayors, governors, councilors, deputies and Local Administrative Boards (JAL).
However, internal consultations of political parties or movements, such as the one carried out by the Historical Pact, are governed by Law 1475 of 2011, which regulates the internal processes of party democracy. Since it is not a national or territorial election, these consultations do not generate the automatic obligation to decree Prohibition.
“The decision to decree Prohibition or not rests with each mayor.according to the public order conditions of its territory. Internal consultations are not covered by the automatic application of the Electoral Code, so it is up to local administrations to evaluate the risks and act accordingly,” he explained. Andrés Santamaría Garrido, executive director of Asocapitales.
In accordance with the regulations, Local leaders can adopt restrictive measures only if circumstances justify it.protected by the principle of territorial autonomy (article 287 of the Constitution) and the powers of police power established in Law 136 of 1994, modified by Law 1551 of 2012.
Well, based on the above, in the municipalities of the Aburrá Valley such as Medellín, Envigado, Sabaneta and Itagüí there will be no Prohibition because that is what their leaders decided.
However, this is not the case for all municipalities in the department. For example, the mayor of Rionegro decreed Prohibition between 6:00 pm on Saturday, October 25, until 6:00 am on Monday, October 27.
Continue reading: Registrar’s Office warns about false emails to voting jurors for the October 26 consultation
In accordance with the decree issued by Mayor Jorge Rivas, during the period of validity of the measure Commercial establishments that sell or allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages must suspend their activities, including bars, nightclubs, taverns, canteens and other similar businesses.. Those who fail to comply with the provisions will be sanctioned in accordance with the National Code of Police and Citizen Coexistence (Law 1801 of 2016), which could even lead to the immediate closure of the establishment.
“These measures do not seek to limit economic activity, but rather to protect the coexistence, tranquility and well-being of the people of Rio Negro during a democratic weekend,” said Mayor Rivas.
But Rionegro is not the only one. In other municipalities of the department where the public order situation is “hot” they also decreed Prohibition, as is the case of Remedios in Northeast Antioquia. There, in addition to prohibiting the sale and consumption of intoxicating beverages, the municipal administration prohibited the transportation of removals, construction materials, debris and/or similar in the urban and rural areas of the municipality before, during and after the elections.
