Court Orders De La Espriella to Stop Using National Symbols in Campaign
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Court orders De la Espriella to stop using national symbols in campaign
The Superior Court of Bogota gave far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella 24 hours to stop using national symbols in his presidential campaign. The court additionally told De la Espriella to stop using the word “patria” (homeland) in his propaganda, effectively banning the far-right campaign’s name, “Defensores de la patria” (Defenders of the homeland), and its slogan, “Firme por la patria” (firm for the homeland). The candidate and his cam…
This is not the first time that the candidate has faced judicial restrictions, because on an earlier occasion, a judge in Bogotá ordered him to refrain from wearing the Colombian team shirt in campaign events and publicity.
Cartagena (Colombia), 9 Jun (EFE).- The Colombian presidential candidate of ultra-right Abelardo de la Espriella and his followers challenged on Tuesday a court order that prohibited them from using patriotic symbols and allusive expressions to military institutions and filled with flags the Plaza de la Customs, in Cartagena de Indias, in a massive campaign rally.
The Bogotá High Court ordered on Tuesday the right-wing presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, to dismantle in the next 24 hours all the political propaganda in which he used patriotic symbols such as the flag and national coat of arms of Colombia, as well as images alluding to military and police institutions.
Colombian Court Orders De la Espriella Not to Use Patriotic Symbols in Political Campaign · Global Voices
Abelardo de la Espriella’s campaign has been stripped of his patriotic component. Admitted to the tutelage filed by lawyer Dylan Lizarazo Ramos, a magistrate of the Bogotá High Court has ordered the ultra candidate to withdraw all political propaganda in which he uses patriotic symbols such as the flag of Colombia, the shield and other representative figures of the Nation, as well as the images alluding to military and police institutions, the g…
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