If politicians from outside Uribe's coalition could not promote their own candidacies, they were also unable to promote their presidential candidates; consequently, Uribe may have emerged as a single candidate in regions in which politicians from his coalition were backed by the right-wing paramilitaries.
Si los políticos fuera de la coalición de Uribe no podían promover sus propias candidaturas, tampoco podían promover a sus candidatos presidenciales; en consecuencia, es posible que Uribe haya surgido como candidato único en regiones donde los políticos de su coalición tuvieran el respaldo de los paramilitares de derecha.