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Bogotá.- Senator Iván Cepeda, presidential candidate for the leftist Historic Pact, voted this Sunday in Bogotá, confident of achieving a comeback in the second round of the Colombian elections, in which he is competing against the far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella to succeed Gustavo Petro.
n” “nThe pro-government candidate arrived at the polling station amidst cheers from his supporters and accompanied by some of his main allies, such as former minister Susana Muhamad and Senator María José Pizarro, his campaign manager.
n” “n“We have run a clean, transparent, honest campaign, in which we have presented to the citizenry in general our ideas, our program, our principles, our path and destination for Colombia in the coming years,” Cepeda told journalists after casting his vote.
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The leftist hopes to increase this Sunday his vote count from the first round on May 31, in which he achieved 9.6 million votes (40.9%) compared to the 10.3 million votes (43.7%) obtained by De la Espriella, and become Petro’s successor for the 2026-2030 four-year term.
n” “nIn that sense, Cepeda sent a message to his electorate, whom he thanked for mobilizing during this election day to “exercise their democratic right” to vote, and extended an invitation for the day to proceed in tranquility.
“I want to extend an invitation for this day to proceed in a calm, serene manner and for there to be democratic behavior today, respect for democracy, and respect for politics conducted in a transparent way,” he said.
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Likewise, he asked his voters “not to engage in dynamics of aggression,” emphasizing that in Colombia, the right to think and act differently prevails.
n” “n“No insults, no engaging in dynamics of aggression, we all have the right to think and act in Colombia to build a destiny that we want to be common and woven by everyone,” he emphasized.
n” “nThe candidate, who will await the results in Bogota, announced that the Historic Pact, the same party as President Petro, has deployed a wide operation of electoral witnesses and lawyers who will be monitoring the results once the vote count begins.
n” “n“We will recognize the result, but we are also going to exercise a very clear, scrupulous, and meticulous observation of the result, and if there are any facts that warrant actions within the electoral system, we will take them,” said Cepeda.
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