Bogotá, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The president-elect of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, will take office today in an official ceremony described as historic for the arrival of the alternative and leftist forces for the first time at the Casa de Nariño.
Below, Prensa Latina details several events that marked this electoral process that led to the victory of the coalition of the Historical Pact, made up of Human Colombia, Patriotic Union-Communist Party, Alternative Democratic Pole, Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement, and the Colombian Labor Party. , Democratic Unity and We Are All Colombia:
-On February 11, 2021, this alliance was presented at a press conference, made up mainly of political parties and movements of the left and center-left and of progressive ideology with a view to the legislative and presidential elections of 2022.
-On March 13, 2022, in the context of the legislative elections, an inter-party consultation took place to choose the presidential candidates, the Historical Pact presented five proposals and Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez were the most voted.
-On March 23, 2022, the formula was announced, made up of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, who would go to the presidential elections on May 29, and in later days other political forces joined.
-On May 29, 2022, the presidential elections took place in which the Petro-France binomial was in first place with eight million 541 thousand 617 votes (40.34 percent), but did not reach 50 percent plus one for the definitive victory.
-In the ballot held on June 19, 2022, Petro and France won against the candidate Rodolfo Hernández of the League of Anticorruption Governors and Marelen Catillo, with 11 million 291 thousand 986 votes (50.44 percent).
-Popular, community, ethnic and social authorities, in addition to a representative group of processes of struggle and resistance, delivered this August 6, the Popular Mandate to future dignitaries in a spiritual ceremony.