The ex-Guerillero is ahead (50.47 %) the millionaire without party Rodolfo Hernandez, at the end of an election under tension where the right party in power had been eliminated in the first round.
Le Monde with AFP
Gustavo Petro became, Sunday, June 19, the first left -wing president in the history of Colombia, with 50.47 % of the votes, according to official results on 99 % of stripped bulletins.
“Today is a day of celebration for the people. Let him celebrate the first popular victory”, was delighted on Twitter the senator and ex-Guerillero. His opponent, the millionaire Rodolfo Hernandez, obtains 47.27 % of the votes, 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 second round 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 Hernandez, in a Live on Facebook from his home.
“I wish Dr. Gustavo Petro that he knows how to direct the country and that he is faithful to his speech against corruption. Thank you very much to all Colombians for accepting my proposal, even if we have lost” , he concluded, his face defeated.
“I called @petrogustavo to congratulate him as elected president of the Colombian people”, also Announced on Twitter The outgoing conservative president, Ivan Duque. “We have agreed to meet in the coming days to start a harmonious, institutional and transparent transition,” he added.