# Translation Colombia is less than a month away from deciding who will be its President. And it is clear that Gustavo Petro has two cards on the table to maintain his influence: the first is to get Iván Cepeda elected as his successor or, if he fails in that attempt, his bet is on the Constituent Assembly. They are already collecting signatures and aim to present them on July 20th itself, when the new Congress of the Republic takes office.

The PTI on Monday rejected the tentative election results for 24 seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, levelling allegations of rigging and calling for re-election in a constituency in Astore. The preliminary count from Sunday’s polls indicates that the PPP is currently leading in 10 constituencies, the PML-N in six, and independent candidates in five. Addressing a press conference, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said PTI was barred from campaigning in the days leading up to the election, alleging that it was part of a “planned arrangement aimed at eliminating the party from the polls”.