League of Anti-Corruption Governors

League of Anti-Corruption Governors Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción
Abbreviation	LIGA
President	Vacant
Founder	Rodolfo Hernández Suárez
Founded	October 2019 (2019-10) 4 August 2022 (2022-08-04) (party)
Preceded by	Civic Movement "Logic, Ethics and Aesthetics"
Headquarters	Cl. 54 #28 42, Barrio Nuevo Sotomayor, Bucaramanga
Youth wing	LIGA Youth[1]
Ideology	Populism[2] Anti-establishment[3] Anti-politics[4] Economic liberalism[7] Protectionism[11]
Political position	Big tent/Syncretic[12][a]
Chamber of Representatives	3 / 188
Senate	1 / 108
Website
www.soyliga.org
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The League of Anti-Corruption Governors (Spanish: Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción; LIGA) is a Colombian political movement, created in October 2019 by the former mayor of Bucaramanga, Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, and by the candidates for the 2020–2023 municipal council.[18] It was conceived as an independent civic alternative to traditional political parties and ideologies, with the purpose of reaching the presidency of the republic in the 2022 election.[19] Earlier, in the 2015 local elections, Rodolfo Hernández managed to reach the Mayor's Office of Bucaramanga through an independent candidacy via the "Movimiento Cívico Lógica Etica y Estética", previously founded by Hernández to support his political campaign.[20] In May 2022, Hernández finished in second place in the first round of the presidential elections, proceeding to the second round against Gustavo Petro. He finished in second place in the second round as well.[21][22]

Party status

Hernández submitted an application with the National Electoral Council (CNE) on 19 July 2022 for LIGA to be granted legal status as a political party. In the submission, Hernández emphasised his presidential ticket's second place in the presidential election and how he and Castillo had taken their respective seats in the senate and chamber of representatives reserved for the second place presidential and vice presidential candidates. He also mentioned LIGA's convention, which declared its opposition to the government of Gustavo Petro. The CNE granted legal party status to LIGA on 4 August, and Hernández became the party's president. He appointed his wife, Socorro Oliveros as national director.[23]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election year	Candidate	Running mate	First round		Second round		Result
			Votes	%	Votes	%
2022	Rodolfo Hernández Suárez	Marelen Castillo	5,965,335	28.17	10,580,412	47.31	Lost N
Sources: La Registraduria Prensa (First round), Registraduria (Second round)

References

1. The movement's position has been described differently by various outlets, similar to founder Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, with some describing it as centre-right,[13][14][15] right-wing,[16] or far-right.[17]

1. "Convocatoria de jóvenes para participar en las Elecciones de Consejos de juventudes municipales". Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción - No mentir, No robar, no traicionar! (in Spanish). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. Oquendo, Catalina (29 May 2022). "Rodolfo Hernández, un terremoto populista para la segunda vuelta presidencial". El País América Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
3. Cobb, Julia Symmes (30 May 2022). "Colombia outsider candidate Hernandez may weaken leftist Petro's rebel status". Reuters. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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8. "Colombia's Rodolfo Hernández goes from also-ran to the brink of power". Financial Times. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
9. Vacía, La Silla (7 June 2022). "La visión económica de Rodolfo es la de un empresario obsesionado con su balance". www.lasillavacia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
10. ""La estrecha ventaja de Rodolfo Hernández puede desaparecer rápidamente": consultora internacional". infobae (in European Spanish). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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12. Rodriguez, Felipe (31 May 2022). "Elecciones presidenciales en Colombia: la hora de la esperanza". Facultad de Periodismo y Comunicación Social. UNLP. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
13. "Los 35 partidos políticos que compiten en las regionales de 2023". La Silla Vacía (in Spanish). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
14. "Elecciones de Colombia: Petro y Hernández definirán en un balotaje" (in Spanish). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
15. Santos, Susana (28 May 2022). "Presidenciales en Colombia, un pacto histórico para el cambio histórico". elDiarioAR.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
16. "A Colômbia rumará para a esquerda?". Observatório de Política Externa e da Inserção Internacional do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
17. "Desorden, caos, disrupción ¿un movimiento telúrico en Colombia?" (in Spanish). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
18. Bermúdez, Juan Carlos Ordóñez (6 October 2020). "Rodolfo Hernández expulsó a concejal de la Liga y notificó a los demás". Caracol Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
19. "Rodolfo Hernández, listo para la campaña presidencial de 2022". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
20. Burrowes, Adam. "Colombia Election Preview" (PDF). Market News.
21. "La diferencia entre el preconteo y el escrutinio municipal en la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de 2022 fue de tan solo el 0,1 %" (in Spanish). National Registry of Colombia. 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
22. "PRESIDENTE" (in Spanish). National Register of Colombia. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
23. "Consejo Nacional Electoral le concede la personería jurídica a la Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción". Semana (in Spanish). 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.