These last days before the election on Sunday, Petro’s campaign team will be touring the Coffee Region, the Caribbean coast, Santander, the Pacific and Southwest, as well as the plains.
Colombia News.
Since March 13, when his campaign activity increased, Gustavo Petro has been in more than 100 public events giving speeches, both in squares and in other massive gatherings, in addition to interviews, debates and meetings, which according to his team affected him. the voice and for this reason, these days before May 29, its strategy is different.
‘The taking of the regions’, leaders and congressmen who support the Historical Pact, will be in the departments carrying the message of voting for him and Francia Márquez, in the vice-presidential formula.
They will be touring the Coffee Region, the Caribbean coast, Santander, the Pacific and Southwest, as well as the plains.
The candidate for the Presidency of Colombia has not personally issued a statement, his campaign manager did inform the media of the situation.
There are still a few events that can be done from the campaigns and in which the candidates can interact.
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The votes to win
Only in 2002, former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez won the presidency in the first round, the other leaders had to go to second rounds.
In 2018, Duque and Petro faced each other in a second day of elections, because in the first, the current president had obtained 7 million, 39% of the total vote. The leader of the Historical Pact took out at that time, 4 million 800 thousand.
To gain victory on May 29, the candidate’s votes must be more than 50% of the votes.
The Political Constitution establishes: The President of the Republic will be elected for a period of four years, by half plus one of the votes secretly and directly deposited by citizens on the date and with the formalities determined by law.
Gustavo Petro asked to make “the final advance” to be the president in the first round, ‘Fico’ Gutiérrez speaks that he is almost assured in the second round, and Hernández is also betting on going to that second vote.
Could Jhon Miltón, Gómez and Fajardo cause a surprise? None exceeds 15% of voting intentions in the polls, at least larger and more publicized.
However, what is fixed is that if they are votes less for the other options.
The campaign closures In colombiathe speeches, statements in the media, fights and accusations have dominated the public agenda.
Investigations in cases of candidates Fico and Petro, an alleged wiretapping of their campaign headquarters and a death threat, respectively
