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"Presidential candidate Paloma Valencia cast her vote in Bogota on Sunday. Footage shows Valencia with her daughter arriving at the polling station, where she cast her vote and showed the ballot to the press. "Being a presidential candidate and having become the most voted woman in the history of Colombia is a source of pride and a huge responsibility," she said. She also called on the female electorate to vote for her. "Because so much mistreatment, so much humiliation, and so much denigration of women is unacceptable. And it is the moment where we women have to raise our vote to support each other together," she said. Valencia also criticised President Gustavo Petro for showing his vote on the electoral day calling it 'an open transgression'. "It is very concerning that the President engages in proselytism by showing his vote. It's that all the rest of us are citizens, but he has a constitutional prohibition from participating in politics and just as the president is participating, he has participated all this week holding public events, inviting people to vote for Ivan Cepeda," she continued. More than 41 million Colombians are eligible to vote in the presidential election, in which 14 candidates are competing for the presidency in a race dominated by security and the economy. Each presidential candidate is running alongside a vice presidential running mate. President Gustavo Petro is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election so the governing Historical Pact coalition is represented by three-term senator Ivan Cepeda, an ally of Petro and longtime human rights advocate. Independent candidate and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella is campaigning on promises to crack down on crime and corruption, while The Democratic Centre's Valencia has focused on security and pro-business policies. If no candidate wins an outright majority, the top two contenders will face each other in a runoff on June 21."
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