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[^1]\n\nOn September 1, congressmen Óscar Benavides and Estefanel Gutiérrez clashed over the presidency of the Afro Commission in the Colombian Congress. [^2]\n\nThe election of the new board for the Congressional Afro Commission in Colombia ended in controversy following a heated dispute between representatives Estefanel Gutiérrez and Óscar Benavides. [^3]\n\nGutiérrez obtained 29 votes to secure the presidency, defeating Óscar Benavides, who holds one of the two seats for the Afro constituency. [^4]\n\nSeveral congressists from the Pacto Histórico party, including Kevin Gómez, Natalia Moreno, and Laura Daniela Beltrán, denounced that the right-wing bloc in the Congress broke an agreement that would have placed Benavides in the presidency. [^5]\n\nÓscar Benavides, a representative from the Pacto Histórico party, was the candidate defeated by Gutiérrez for the presidency of the commission. [^6]\n\nÓscar Benavides, a representative for Afro-descendant communities, stated that there was an agreement to rotate the presidency of the commission among different parties over the four-year term. [^7]\n\nDuring the confrontation, Gutiérrez told Benavides that he was 'more black' than him, a comment Gutiérrez later clarified was made in a moment where others were claiming similar superiority. [^8]\n\nEstefanel Gutiérrez was elected to preside over the commission for the first year, while the debate shifted to the second period and the role of external sectors in the decision. [^9]\n\nÓscar Benavides, representing the special constituency of Afro-descendant communities, criticized the imposition of leadership by Enrique Gómez, arguing that outsiders do not understand the causes and struggles of the Afro population. [^10]\n\nThe Afro Commission is a bicameral body in the Colombian Congress responsible for processing laws and ensuring the rights of Afro-Colombian, black, raizal, and palenquera communities. 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