Although less than six months ago he officially put his name among the options for the Presidency, but for his ‘frankness’ and way of being he was known from his mayor’s office in Bucaramanga. His scandals and controversies earned him a space in national public life. Today, Rodolfo Hernández could be president.
Colombia News.
Rodolfo Hernández took more than 800,000 votes ahead of Federico ‘Fico’ Gutiérrez, this Sunday in the elections that will definitely go to the second round in June, and he was in the competition for the House of Nariño with Gustavo Petro,
He started “weak” in the candidacy, his way of saying things, some episodes of aggression that he starred in, the Vitalogic case that is under investigation, began to get stronger, but not because he went to the squares to give speeches to thousands of people .
Mayor of Bucaramanga Presidential?
He did not need massive campaign closures.
He began to tour the country, meeting with groups of citizens, some unions, key sectors in the social and economic life of the country.
From Gato de Tejada in Cali to Putumayo, he made more than 50 trips. He did not include Vichada, who said he did not know where he was or what he was.
He spoke with the media, the largest; the locals, the community. In social networks.
Those networks, like Twitter and even TikTok that became their platform.
I hope they find someone who looks at them like the doctor looks at me @sergio_fajardo ? #RodolfoPresidente pic.twitter.com/IEOHcV4XJd
— Ing Rodolfo Hernandez ??! (@ingrodolfohdez) May 9, 2022
For many, there was no need to explain his government plan – which he did little -, the message of going towards the future and “not continuing to vote for them” was stronger. His constant messages to his political rivals echoed him.
Until 5:50 this Sunday, May 29, with bulletin number 20, Rodolfo Hernández had 28.20% of the votes (5,935,934), with 99.16% of the informed tables.
“Today the country of honesty won,” Hernández said this Sunday, mentioning his fighting flag: “an option against corruption.”
These next few days will define how your campaign will continue.
#Live – THANK YOU COLOMBIA https://t.co/8C5p1kKHLF
— Ing Rodolfo Hernandez ??! (@ingrodolfohdez) May 29, 2022
The former mayor of Bucaramanga promised that if he were president, he would also donate his salary (currently, just over 37 million pesos a month), “I already have enough money.”
In addition, the president who leaves, is left with a life pension.
- Rodolfo Hernandez, civil engineer from the National University of Colombia and founded, during later years, the company Hernández Gómez and family, with which he was in charge of building family projects in Floridablanca and Santander.
The engineer was elected as mayor of Santander, between 2016 and 2019, when he decided to resign from his position.
The candidate comes to this electoral contest with the Governors Anti-Corruption movement. But in July he will have to face trial for the Vitalologic case.
He has an open criminal process in the Prosecutor’s Office, for the crime of alleged undue interest in the conclusion of contracts. Which involves your son as well.
