Historic elections of alternative, progressive and leftist forces will determine the presidency of Colombia

Just over 39 million people are eligible to exercise their right to vote today in Colombia’s presidential elections, which are crucial in Latin America.

For the first time, the alternative forces, the progressive and the left, combined in the historical pact, have a real possibility to reach the presidency of the country.

In an interview with Prensa Latina, political science professor and university professor Andrés Alejandro Guerrero stated that history began to change before this presidential election in the South American country “thanks to the resounding victory of progressive movements in the last elections to the bicameral congress.”

Politician and university professor Andres Alejandro Guerrero confirmed that history began to change before these presidential elections in the South American country. Photo: Latin Press.

“In the March 13 legislative elections, the free citizens changed the political composition of the Senate and the House of Representatives by achieving an unprecedented victory and positioning themselves as the first force, represented by the historic pact with 20 senators and 34 deputies in front of the camera,” he affirmed.

He noted that this scenario demonstrated failures and manipulations in vote counting by jurors who intended to obtain nearly 700,000 votes from alternative political forces.

He added that there are serious indications of a fraud that has defrauded the national registrar, Alexandre Vega, who is linked to the government of Ivan Duque and who today has an investigation before the Public Prosecutor’s Office that will determine the permanence of his position.

In light of these facts, he pointed out that thousands of volunteers, witnesses and citizens intend to take care of the elections, but this democratic attempt collides with the repressive measures of the government that prevented the entry of independent international missions and observers “for reasons related to “national security” as in the case of the Argentine Alejandro Rosconi, the American Terry Matson and the French Paul Emile Debray.

Guerrero noted that since last Monday, voting began abroad, in consulates and embassies, which shows some trends due to the large influx of voters in favor of the more famous candidates, with participation numbers not achieved before.

“This presidential election scenario presents three strong candidates to the polls in the political competition, but they, in the likely context of a second round, will need significant votes from other candidates left behind to determine the election in favor,” he emphasized.

He said that this situation will require the best negotiating skills between the various conflicting forces in today’s elections.

It seems that this process and the dispute over the fate of the country is in the hands of Gustavo Pietro, from the historical pact; Rodolfo Hernandez, of the Citizens Movement Liga Anticorrupción and Federico Gutiérrez, of Equipo por Colombia, a movement supported by former mayors, current government, businessmen and 45 of the 54 political clans implicated in serious crimes by traditional power elites.

He described “This is a closed contest, wrapped in a sloppy campaign in which networks have played an important role and, where it appears, reinforce the polarization that already exists due to the radicalization of some followers.”

For some, the second round is certain, however, if candidate Gustavo Petro has succeeded in mobilizing people emotionally and frequently in recent days, causing them to influence their close constituencies to vote, he will achieve a victory in the first round, according to the analyst. .

In this way, Guerrero said, he would change Colombia’s history, becoming the first center-left president.

In his opinion, the second round constitutes a very complicated scenario for Gustavo Petro, since his victory will depend on the rapid strengthening of relations with the relevant proposals and on the choice of the third party for their alliance and the programmatic agreements that they were able to establish.

The candidate who would also succeed, and certainly Federico Gutierrez, would bring together all the votes of the establishment, the mechanism, and the anti-tagonism, as well as those negotiated with the Third Power, which would largely give Hernandez the power to decide who takes the presidency. , confirmed.

Petro must capture the hesitant vote, especially the youth vote, which on previous occasions had been electorally indifferent and had remained on the sidelines.

“But, spurred on by the social outbreak protests that are celebrated on these dates, as well as a deep need for opportunity, perhaps I will be able to see him as a leader who can embody a project in which he matters and plays in his favour by defining elections.”

Driven by the social outbreak protests celebrated on these dates, as well as a deep need for opportunity, Pietro could become a leader. Photo: Latin Press.

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Why does the left reach the presidency of Colombia?

(taken from latin press)