The Registrar’s Office confirmed that Daniel Quintero cannot be registered by signatures

The National Registry of Civil Status confirmed the decision that prevents the former mayor of Medellín, Daniel Quintero Calleregister through signature collection for the 2026 presidential elections. Through the Resolution 14125 of November 11, 2025the entity firmly rejected the registration committee called Total Reset Against Drug Trafficking and the Corruptwith which Quintero sought to run his candidacy.

The determination was adopted by the Delegate Registrar for Electoral Matters, Jaime Hernando Suárez Bayonawho concluded that there were no errors of fact or law that justified revoking the previous resolution (13881 of November 6). The document also provided grant the appeal and send the file to the hierarchical superior to evaluate the challenge.

The substance of the case lies in Quintero’s previous participation in the interparty consultation of the Historical Pactheld on October 26, 2025. According to the interpretation of the Registry Office, this precedent prevents the former mayor from now registering through a significant group of citizens, since electoral regulations prohibit combining partisan mechanisms with signature mechanisms within the same electoral process.

The institution reiterated that the citizen cannot register a new committee, since the initial request took effect and maintains full legal validity. The first instance decision, now confirmed, expressly states:

“Confirm the decision adopted through Resolution 13881 of November 6, 2025, by which it was resolved to reject the registration of the registration committee of the significant group of citizens called Total Reset Against Drug Trafficking and the Corrupt”.

Hours after learning of the ruling, Daniel Quintero He reacted on his social networks. In a message published on November 11, he stated that he had already filed the appeal and demanded speed in the response from the Registry.

“I hope that the Registry Office responds to the appeal as soon as possible to begin collecting our signatures this week. We have already lost three weeks,” he wrote in X.