Gustavo Petro celebrates his victory: “We are on the verge of winning the Presidency of Colombia in the first round”

The winner of the presidential consultation of the left-wing coalition Historical Pact, Gustavo Petroassured this Sunday that this alliance is “on the verge of winning the Presidency of Colombia in the first round.”

Petrothe candidate with the most votes in the inter-party consultations held this Sunday, He celebrated his victory in an act that was also attended by his rivals in the coalition, including Francia Márquez, the revelation in these elections.

“The Historical Pact has achieved the best result of progressivism in the history of Colombia”indicated Petrowho also highlighted the good result of that coalition in the votes for the Senate and the House of Representatives.

With more than 95% of the votes counted, Petro managed to win 80.48% of the votes of the Historical Pact (more than 4.2 million votes), so he will go to the polls to try to win the Presidency on next May 29, for which he would need to obtain half plus one of the valid votes.

after this “huge victory”the candidate on the left pointed out that “Starting tomorrow, the first presidential round begins. We will defend a common program to turn Colombia into a power of life and make the economy revolve around life.”

“We are presenting to the entire Colombian society the possibility of changing to Colombia, we do not want a two (Iván) Duque to appear, but rather change and transformation to appear. The time has come to Colombia”, he indicated, after talking about the victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile.

“Loving the people today means building peace, social justice and a society of rights”, he specified during his speech.

Finally, Petro invited “all the democratic forces of the country” to join the Historical Pact, “because they are not all there yet” and “a step must be taken towards the configuration of a great broad democratic front”. Specifically, the candidate mentioned the Green Party, the Liberal Party and “conservatism that he still believes in ethics.”

The social leader Francia Márquez, for her part, congratulated Petro and greeted “this great result with joy” while defending “a project that is capable of putting life at the center.”

“I greet the nobodies and nobodies of Colombia, who accompanied us from the mountains, plains, neighborhoods of this country (…). Let’s go Colombia from resistance to power until dignity becomes customary “Marquez said.

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