Quite possibly this is also the case, at least for "positive" appearances. The television channels are careful not to break the "Ley de Garantías", that guarantees the equal access. This law was important in the first Uribe re-election campaign in 2006. As a candidate Uribe had to abstain from his usual unlimited tv-time. This was a new situation in Colombia, because re-election was new in Colombia.
The Attorney General recently recommended president Uribe to comply with the law also in 2010. Uribe first said that of course ... and soon changed to the position that the law does not really apply to him. He is not (yet) candidate, and thus he feels free to appear as usual on our screens. For example during weekly hours' long transmissions from carefully staged "consejos comunales", supposedly arranged for the president to listen to vox populi. In practice it turns out to me more like Chavez' "Aló, Presidente" — just even more boring.
So, we see very little of Petro, and huge amounts of Uribe. And, in fact, also quite a lot of Arias, due to his apparent tactical choice "Bad News Is Better Than No News". Some day soon I will get back to Arias ...
Photo montage from Semana.com
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