The controversy continues over the place of birth of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, who, according to the applicant’s words, is a native of Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca and not Ciénaga de Oro, Córdoba, as he has proclaimed on several occasions.
“I was born on April 19, 1960, in Zipaquirá”, Petro himself is heard saying during a hearing that was recorded on video and published by Senator Jorge Robledo.
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This has generated all kinds of comments and some accuse the leader of the Historical Pact of lying to the citizens by posing as a coastal person, with the aim of achieving sympathy among the voters of that region of the country.
In the midst of this situation, Senator Robledo published the photocopies of Petro’s citizenship card and civil registrywhich prove that he was born in Zipaquirá and not on the Colombian Caribbean Coast.
“CONFIRMED @petrogustavo was NOT born in Ciénaga de Oro, but in ZIPAQUIRÁ. Tests? – Citizenship card – Civil registry – Video in which Petro says it. And it is not that it is wrong to be born in one place or another, but it is very wrong to present yourself as a coastal person without being one, ”said Robledo on his Twitter account.
In addition, he also published a screenshot of a news published in some media, in which Gustavo Petro’s words are quoted saying: “We are in my town, Ciénaga de Oro and on the verge of Córdoba having the first president of the Republic. of its history”.
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Nevertheless, Senator Robledo has received criticism from the Historical Pact saying that this is not a great discovery. Former Governor Camilo Romero stated: “If he has time left, help me, according to him, to find out where I was born. Because I was also born in one place and I have a record of another. I was born in Ipiales and I have registration in Pasto”.
Alfonso Prada, head of debate for Gustavo Petro’s campaign, affirmed that the presidential candidate was born in Ciénaga de Oro and assures that the department of Córdoba is indeed his homeland.
