2023-10-30 00:06:11
This Sunday, October 29, Carlos Fernando Galán became the new mayor of Bogotá without the need for a second round by achieving 49% of the votes.
Second place went to Juan Daniel Oviedowho obtained 20% of the vote and will occupy a seat on the Council of the Colombian capital.
But One of the surprises of the day was the third place of the candidate of the Historical Pact, Gustavo Bolívar, with 18% of the votesconstituting a strong defeat for the government party of President Gustavo Petro.
“I recognize the unobjectionable triumph achieved by Carlos Fernando Galán at the Bogotá Mayor’s Office. I want to wish him the best of luck for the good of Bogotá, which we committed to changing,” Bolívar said when acknowledging defeat.
But in his dialogue with journalists following the elections, The candidate of the Historical Pact also recognized that the results are a message for his community and called for work to recover the lost ground in the regions.
“I want to call on all progressivism in Colombia, we have to reorganize ourselves. “We have made many mistakes and we have to travel to Colombia to pick up those broken pieces of the Historical Pact and return to being the first force in Colombia,” he said.
Bolívar assured that his party is experiencing “a rather difficult national situation, a country that believed that change might be made in a few months and has become disillusioned, it is the truth, and In one way or another I feel a vote of punishment towards the Historical Pact”.
“But, at the end of the day, as has happened in Mexico and other places, the Historical Pact is going to be strengthened because the resources that were obtained with the tax reform are going to begin to be executed and at the end of this government, you will be given Account, people are going to believe in the Historical Pact once more,” he added.
This Sunday, the results of the regional elections in Colombia show that in the main cities and regions of Colombia Mayors and governors who have been critical or who have not identified with the political line of the Government of President Gustavo Petro were elected..
These are some of the results:
Mayor of Bogotá:
Carlos Fernando Galan
Governor of Cundinamarca:
Jorge Rey
Mayor of Medellín:
Federico Gutierrez
Governor of Antioquia:
Andres Rendon
Mayor of Barranquilla:
Alejandro Char
Atlantic Governor:
Eduardo Verano de la Rosa
Mayor of Cali:
Alejandro Eder
Governor of Valle del Cauca:
Dilian Francisca Bull
Mayor of Bucaramanga:
Jaime Andrés Beltrán
Governor of Santander:
Juvenal Díaz Mateus
Mayor of Cartagena:
Dumek Turbay
Governor of Bolívar:
Yamil Arana
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