Zuluaga continues to skyrocket in new poll

Zuluaga continues to skyrocket in new poll
May 16, 2014 posted by Daniel E Freeman

Poll after poll confirms that Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, the presidential candidate of former President Alvaro Uribe’s year-old Democratic Center (Centro Democratico – CD) party, has succeeded in mobilizing citizens as Colombia approaches its presidential elections in nine days.

It seems that the old adage remains true in Colombia: there’s no such thing as bad press, especially not for Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.

Just over a week ago, the former finance minister’s presidential campaign manager resigned due to a wiretapping scandal that resonated loudly throughout Colombian media.

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The presidential hopeful even initially lied saying that he had never met the “hacker” that was wiretapping ongoing peace talks between the government and the FARC rebel group, and then took it back when pressed on the matter harder.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/zuluaga-continues-skyrocket-new-poll/