CNC clarifies SMS survey and denies information circulating on social media

Statement from the Centro Nacional de Consultoría (CNC)

Bogotá D.C., April 4, 2026

For 38 years, the CNC has worked with methodological rigor for all: right-wing and left-wing governments, conservative and progressive media outlets, private companies, and public entities. We currently conduct approximately 300 studies per year.

What is circulating on social media today is an SMS poll commissioned by a private client. It is not a voting intention survey, it is not representative of the general population, it will not be published, and the filters seen in the video serve a specific technical purpose. To portray this as an irregularity is to misunderstand—or choose to ignore—how opinion research works.

In recent months, the CNC's integrity and ethics have been publicly attacked. This is not just a mistake: it is a blow to democracy itself. When independent public opinion polling is discredited for partisan reasons, what is eroded is not an organization—it is the country's ability to honestly understand itself.

We live in an era where inconvenient data is attacked, and bad faith travels faster than evidence. Continuing down this path harms us all.

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Centro Nacional de Consultoría S.A.