In a correction to my post on Colombia’s primaries, the Conservative Party is hedging its bets in regards to a presidential candidate as they have postponed their primary until March 14th (the same day as congressional elections).
Via El Tiempo: Conservadores aplazan consulta para 14 de marzo de 2024 y le abren la puerta a Noemí Sanín.
It would appear that they are planning a “just in case”process in case that Uribe can’t run for some reason.
The PC’s web site has Noemí Sanín’s announcement of her pre-candidate status from the 24th of this month here: NOEMÍ PRECANDIDATA CONSERVADORA A LA PRESIDENCIA
Sanín is added to a list of candidate who were originally set to run today.
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