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Colombia’s Independent Candidate Leads Presidential Runoff Vote Count

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Bogota, June 22 (IANS) Preliminary results showed Colombia’s independent candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the far-right Defenders of the Homeland movement leading the country’s presidential runoff, though the early vote count was immediately questioned by President Gustavo Petro and the governing coalition’s candidate.With 99.97 per cent of votes counted, De la Espriella had 49.66 per cent of the vote, compared with 48.70 per cent for Ivan Cepeda of the left-wing governing Historic Pact coa…