Colombia’s Petro repeats vote fraud claims days before handing over power

Outgoing leader renews allegations that Colombia’s electoral authorities and international observers have rejected.

Colombia’s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has repeated allegations that June’s presidential election was rigged, rejecting the legitimacy of his right-wing successor, Abelardo de la Espriella.

Speaking before journalists in Bogota on Monday, the left-wing Petro claimed that programmers had altered thousands of tally sheets after counts were transmitted to the national election agency.

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