Colombian presidential election result is in a deadlock, initial vote count results questioned.

According to the preliminary counting results of the second round of the presidential election announced by the Colombian National Civil Registry on the evening of the 21st, independent candidate lvaro Duque of the far-right political group "Homeland Defenders" won, but incumbent President Petro questioned the results. As of the time of the reporter's dispatch, 99.97% of the votes have been counted, with Duque obtaining 49.66% of the votes and Ivan Sepeda, the candidate from the left-wing governing coalition "Colombian Historical Pact Alliance", obtaining 48.70% of the votes, with a difference of about 250,000 votes between the two. Petro stated on social media on the 21st that he cannot yet announce who will be the new president. He said that there were irregularities during the election process, but he will obey the decisions of the judicial institutions and called on citizens to remain calm. Sepeda gave a speech saying that the preliminary counting results will not be considered official or binding data. He acknowledged the preliminary counting results, but at the same time stated that his observer team "is reviewing the counting results of the 33,000 polling stations nationwide."