Colombia’s Conservative party to investigate its own members for endorsing of President Santos

Colombia’s Conservative party to investigate its own members for endorsing of President Santos
Jun 6, 2014 posted by Daniel Medendorp Escobar

The Conservative Party has slammed 29 of their Congressman for endorsing Santos’ reelection campaign, rather than maintaining party loyalty, saying they would start an investigation against the errant members, reported Colombia’s media.

The official stance of the Conservative Party for the second-round of Presidential elections on June 15, was to follow first-round candidate Marta Lucia Ramirez in supporting Democratic Center (Centro Democrático – CD) candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.

However, 29 Conservative Party Congressmen threw their support behind incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos’ reelection campaign, according to Colombia’s newspaper El Espectador.

MORE: 40 conservative congressmen support re-election of President Santos

A house divided, but its not the first time

During the 2010 presidential election race, the two presidential candidates for the Conservatives, Noemi Sanin and Andres Felipe Arias, divided the party between their two factions. Sanin was the official candidate in the first round in 2010, but during the elections, 50 Conservatives threw their support behind Santos.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/conservative-party-investigates-members-endorsement-president-santos/