Left-wing candidate won “Colombian Trump” and was elected president of the Latin American country
the former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (EN) and the pre-candidate Ciro Gomes (PDT) celebrated this Sunday (June 19, 2022) Gustavo Petro’s victory in Colombia’s presidential elections.
Petro, from the left-wing Pact Historico, defeated the right-wing candidate Rodolfo Hernández, known as “Colombian Trump”.
“I warmly congratulate comrades @petrogustav, @FranciaMarquezM and all the Colombian people for the important victory in this Sunday’s elections. His victory strengthens democracy and progressive forces in Latin America”, said the former president on his Twitter profile
On May 27, during an act with social movements, the PT had already declared his support for Petro. On that occasion, Lula played a jock.
In his profile on Twitter, Ciro Gomes gave the Happy birthday to Petro and said to be “a joy” when one “right-wing dinosaur” loses the elections.
“Congratulations to the Colombians and President-elect Gustavo Petro. It’s always a reason for joy when a right-wing dinosaur disappears from the map. But for the left, winning is not enough. It is necessary to govern well. That’s the only way the monsters don’t come back”he said.
WHO IS GUSTAVO PETRO
A 62-year-old economist, Petro was part of the M-19 guerrilla, demobilized in 1990. He went into exile in Europe and, upon returning to Colombia, was elected senator in 2006 and mayor of Bogotá from 2012 to 2015. He won the Senate race again in 2018
He defends the repeal of the tax reform made during the administration of Iván Duque and the taxation of large fortunes. It still intends to implement a policy more focused on preserving the environment and valuing local production.
Petro’s path to the presidency was not smooth. Hernández had a meteoric rise in the polls, managed to reach the 2nd round and ended the electoral race technically tied with the candidate of the Historic Pact.
One of the Colombians’ concerns was that Petro would carry out an agrarian reform that would harm landowners. He had to speak out and say “emphatically” that he has never thought or will think of “confiscating or undermining the right to private property”.
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