Voting underway in Colombia's final round of presidential elections

Today, Sunday, a total of 39 million 2 thousand 239 Colombians are eligible to vote in a second electoral round to choose the next president of the country-- between Gustavo Petro, leader of the left-wing coalition Pacto Histórico, and the right-wing businessman of the Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción, Rodolfo Hernández.

Bogota, June 19 (RHC)-- Today, Sunday, a total of 39 million 2 thousand 239 Colombians are eligible to vote in a second electoral round to choose the next president of the country-- between Gustavo Petro, leader of the left-wing coalition Pacto Histórico, and the right-wing businessman of the Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción, Rodolfo Hernández.  

The Colombian government deployed 320,000 men and women of the security forces to guarantee the tranquility of the citizens during the second round of elections.

In the context of the Democracy Plan, the troops will be "where there are complaints of electoral conspiracy," said the Ministry of Defense.

Soldiers, policemen, members of the navy and the air force are deployed by land, air, sea and rivers to, according to its premise, "guarantee the right of Colombians to vote."

"But at the same time, to enforce respect for the verdict of the ballot box, which is also the cornerstone of our democracy," said the country's outgoing president, Iván Duque, when giving details of alleged threats of contempt for the results of the ballot.

Duque, a right-wing Colombian politician who has served a controversial term as president, has a lost most of his popularity over the years due to numerous massacres of social activists and a failed economy.