Gustavo Petro became, Sunday, June 19, the first left-wing president in the history of Colombia, with 50.47% of the vote, according to official results covering 99% of the ballots counted.
“Today is a day of celebration for the people. Let him celebrate the first popular victory”, rejoiced on Twitter senator and ex-guerrilla. His opponent, the millionaire Rodolfo Hernandez, obtained 47.27% of the vote, a difference of nearly 700,000 votes, indicate these results published by the National Register, in charge of the organization of the ballot, on the evening of the second round on Sunday. .
“A harmonious, institutional and transparent transition”
“Today, the majority of citizens have chosen the other candidate. (…) I accept the result as it is”said for his part shortly after Mr. Hernandez, in a live on Facebook from his home.
“I wish Dr. Gustavo Petro that he knows how to lead the country and that he is faithful to his speech against corruption. Thank you very much to all the Colombians for accepting my proposal, even though we lost”he concluded, his face defeated.
“I called @PetroGustavo to congratulate him as the elected president of the Colombian people”also have announced on Twitter outgoing conservative president, Ivan Duque. “We have agreed to meet in the coming days to begin a smooth, institutional and transparent transition”he added.