MADRID, March 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The leader of the Historic Pact coalition (left), Gustavo Petro, has formalized his candidacy for the Colombian presidency with Francia Márquez as a running mate.
Petro went to the registry’s headquarters in Bogotá this Friday to officially register his candidacy: “Today is the first day of a campaign that promises to really change the history of Colombia,” he explained.
“We are not here to keep things as they are; the things, the facts, the areas and the water that deserve to be conserved today, we will conserve it, we will take care of it. A government that takes care of things that Colombian society needs,” he promised, according to radio station Caracol.
“It is necessary to change because if we keep the political systems of government, the exclusive elite mentality, violence and this slogan of tearing the peace to pieces, or believe that an unequal and unjust society is a normal society, we will not As a nation, change is imperative. What needs to be destroyed in our country is not peace but war. This government will destroy war and violence in Colombia,” he added.
For her part, Francia Márquez stressed that “we are taking this important step, but let’s not forget that the task is just beginning”. “We want to celebrate on May 29 that we have our president, Gustavo Petro Urrego, and that for the first time (in the vice presidency) we will have a woman representing the territories, the historically marginalized and oppressed voices,” he said regarding the date of the first round of presidential elections.
With this scenario and after the registration of Sergio Fajardo, Federico Gutiérrez of the team for Colombia remains the presidential candidate who must formalize his candidacy. He is expected to go to the registry office next week and announce who his nominee for vice president will be.