Pobreza y compra - venta de voto en Lorica, Córdoba

Abstract

Vote buying is a commonly used concept and a recurring practice, especially in developing democracies. Despite the multiple references, in the specialized literature the variety of attributes that the concept adopts is very wide, as well as inconsistent. Although there is agreement that it is an illegal and illegitimate practice in contemporary democracies, the connotation of the concept and its operationalization can have decisive differences that distort the findings and make comparisons difficult; This study is pertinent because it is a custom that has been taking root in the Santa Cruz de Lorica municipality and on which it is necessary to intervene; to improve the population, not only their situation of quality of life in the community but also the development and improvement of the quality of life of the loriqueros. As stated (Patiño, 2020) in an article called Did the public policy of Santa Cruz de Lorica and Cereté, Córdoba (2016-2019) include comprehensive care for the family? Said article expresses that when confronting from a socio-legal approach, compliance with public policy within the framework of Law 1361 of 2009 and 1857 of 2017 that regulates the integral protection of the family, what is embodied in the development plans of the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Lorica and Cereté, Córdoba (2016-2019), is far from being fulfilled in the public policy of the aforementioned territorial entities, this statement results from analyzing how they assumed the concept of family in order to safeguard the integrity of the essential nucleus of the society. Which logically leads to scarce resources being invested in this area, deepening poverty and with it the buying of votes. This work aims to establish some elements or guidelines for the subsequent design of a public policy that allows the reduction of vote buying and its incidence on poverty in the municipality of Lorica - Córdoba - Colombia. Carrying out a study with random samples of citizens from rural and urban areas. It was possible to conclude that public policy guidelines are urgently needed to minimize the buying and selling of votes and allow transparent elections in which rulers can govern by and for the people.