After eight hours of deliberations, the political leaders of the center-left sectors, especially the members of the Coalition of Hope and Alejandro Gaviria, In the middle of a conclave, as he was baptized by the presidential candidate Juan Fernando Cristo, they reached an agreement in the face of the 2022 elections.
Coordinated by the former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and Humberto de la Calle, they agreed on a ‘Hope Center Coalition’ to choose on March 13 the presidential candidate who will represent them.
“Today there is white smoke, the conclave is a success. The center is united. We have an agreement. The agreement is called the Hope Center Coalition. This agreement will lead us to choose in a democratic way through a popular consultation on 13 March 2022 to the presidential candidate that all other candidates in this coalition will support, “said Betancourt.
Also, the former candidate confirmed that there is a program agreement that will be announced next week.
“From now on we want to announce that the presidential candidates and pre-candidates are all united to give Colombia the possibility of having a good option in the second round. Here is the next president of Colombia and here is the beginning of a generation of leaders that is going to change. the history of the country. Taking Colombia out of the drama of corruption, violence and poverty that has been affecting the majority of Colombians. “
Finally, Ingrid confirmed that the candidates for the Centro Esperanza Coalition are: Sergio Fajardo, Juan Fernando Cristo, Jorge Enrique Robledo, Juan Manuel Galán, Alejandro Gaviria and Carlos Amaya.
For his part, the candidate Juan Manuel Galán He maintained that the center came out united and strengthened with a clear purpose and objective, not to leave the second round to the extremes. In this sense, he assured that the New Liberalism will continue in the coalition.
Galán pointed out that one of the most important definitions that resulted from the conclave was the decision to participate in the popular consultation in March to define a single presidential candidate. “70% of Colombians do not identify with extremesThey claim to be from the center, they want a different policy, something that truly represents them. In 2018, the Center made the mistake of refusing a consultation, leaving it to extremes in the second round. That will not happen this time and the March 13 consultation is the guarantee, “he analyzed.
He added that the great commitment of all the parties that make up the Hope Center Coalition is to respect the results of the consultation and support the winning candidate.
“It is important to highlight that before March we will promote spaces for the exchange of opinion and vision based on debates that allow Colombians to know the proposals of each candidate of the Coalition in order to provide elements that allow defining the vote of Colombians in the March consultation, ”Galán pointed out.
