The Superior Court of Bogotá denied the protection that Carolina Corcho and Gustavo Bolívar presented to the National Electoral Council (CNE) for denying the inclusion of Human Colombia in the fusion of the Historical Pact. With this ruling, not only does that decision become final, but it would also stop the consultation to elect the presidential pre-candidate of that group for the 2026 elections.
The Court declared the protection action inadmissible and denied protection of the fundamental rights to political participation and equality invoked by the applicants.
“As a breach of the constitutional guarantees invoked and verified on this occasion is not considered, it is considered appropriate to deny the protection of the fundamental rights to citizen participation, as well as to elect and be elected and to equality, proposed in this action, in accordance with the reasons stated”mentions the failure.
With this measure, Corcho and Daniel Quintero, two of the left triad who They would participate in the presidential consultation on October 26. Iván Cepeda, for his part, retains the endorsement of the Democratic Pole.
After learning of this determination, President Gustavo Petro spoke out in his X account. The president indicated that “The constitution orders that it is a fundamental right for citizens to form parties” and that this measure constitutes a “premeditated political coup against democracy.”
“The impediments put in place by the Electoral Council are unconventional and the Superior Court of Bogotá ratified this arbitrariness against democracy,” added the head of state.
The Superior Court of Bogotá delivered a premeditated political coup against Democracy.
They don’t want to compete for the vote but for the trick.
The constitution mandates that it is a fundamental right for citizens to form parties.
The right is violated here… https://t.co/SXgAABdtvL
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) October 7, 2025
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Regarding the election of the pre-candidate, the director of the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE), Alejandra Barrios, specified that within the Commission “no one has talked about suspending the consultation” and emphasized that “No one here has stopped the consultation times of the three organizations.”
Now, despite the fact that the ruling is in the first instancethe second instance would have a period of up to 20 days to be resolved, which would exceed the date scheduled for this mechanism.
(Read more: Attorney General’s Office warns President Petro that he cannot participate in politics)
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