Leftist Gustavo Petro celebrated his “first popular victory” after being elected president of Colombia this Sunday (19), breaking the traditional party tradition of government. This is the first time the Left has held the presidency of Colombia.
The senator and former guerrilla who defeated the independent millionaire wrote on Twitter, “Today is a day of celebration for the people. Celebrate the first people’s victory. May so much pain soften with the joy that fills the heart of the Vatan today.” Rodolfo Hernández is in the second round of the presidential election this Sunday.
With 99.74% of the votes counted, left-wing candidate and former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro won the dispute, with 50.49% of the votes, reaching 47.26% against populist Rodolfo Hernández. This is the first time the Left has held the presidency of Colombia.
Petro, a member of the Coalição Pacto Histórico party in the first round, won 40.3% of the vote, a 12-point advantage over millionaire Hernández (28.2%) of the Anti-Corruption Monarchs. As for the second round, polls showed a technical tie between the two candidates.
In addition to the first left-wing president, for the first time in Colombian history there will be a black vice president, lawyer and environmentalist Francia Elena Márquez Mina from Gustavo Petro’s ticket.
Francia also celebrated the victory in publications on social networks. “Thank you to the Colombians who came out today to vote en masse with dignity, overcoming fear and in the hope of #ViverGostoso. [slogan da chapa] and in peace.”
The new vice president also wrote: “This is for our grandparents, women, youth, LGBTQI+ people, indigenous people, peasants, workers, victims, my black people, the resisters and those who are no longer here… Colombia Today we begin to write a new story! “.
*with UOL, Ansa, RFI and EFE
source: Noticias
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