The former mayor of Bucaramanga and presidential candidate of the independent movement Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción has received the support of congressmen and deputies from Santander ahead of the second presidential round
The former mayor of Bucaramanga and presidential candidate of the independent movement Liga de Gobernantes Anticorrupción has received the support of congressmen and deputies from Santander ahead of the second presidential round REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Three weeks before the election After the second presidential round in Colombia, the former mayor of Bucaramanga and presidential candidate of the independent League of Anticorruption Governors movement, Rodolfo Hernández, continues to gain support from congressmen and deputies from traditional groups such as the Liberal Party and Radical Change, with whom he seeks to make a difference at the polls next June 19.
One of the first to announce her support for the businessman from Santander, who obtained the second largest number of votes in the presidential elections and was the great surprise on election day in the country, was the representative to the Chamber for Santander and vice president of Commission III, Nubia López, who asked the former president of Colombia and natural head of the Liberal Party, César Gaviria, to release the militancy so that they could support the candidate of their choice.
“As a woman, mother, wife and daughter, and especially as a Colombian whose country hurts the most, I invite the bases of the Liberal Party from all corners of Colombia, to join in the fight against corruption and massively support the engineer Rodolfo Hernández in his aspiration to the presidency of the Republic”, said the congresswoman from the Liberal Party, who was one of the most voted in the legislative elections .
At the same time, he indicated that he was aware of the call that citizens have made at the polls, with which they clamored for a change, however, he indicated that this must be “structural and true, that breaks with the molds of traditional politics, without hatred, without poverty and without fear for the people, where they can confront the machinery of politicking and their acts of corruption and claim social rights”.
An adherence to the that senator Horacio José Serpa joins, son of the liberal leader Horacio Serpa, who accompanied the former mayor of Medellín and presidential candidate for the Centro Esperanza Coalition, Sergio Fajardo, arguing that he would support the independent candidate for his “strong proposals against corruption, executive vision, political and business trajectory and its distance from the ends.”
“Being consistent with the structural changes that the country needs, and as Colombians manifested at the polls, I express my support for Rodolfo Hernández. It is the opportunity to carry out a determined struggle for social transformation. As a Santanderean, I call on us to accompany the presidential campaign of Rodolfo Hernández, who is the president that Colombians and our next generations need for a better future”, indicated the congressman from Cambio Radical, Ciro Fernández.
Likewise, the councilman of Bucaramanga, Fabián Oviedo, of Cambio Radical and the former candidate for the House of Representatives and former councilor of the Partido de La U, Cleomedes Bello, expressed their support for the businessman from Santander who is emerging as the most likely to reach the presidency of Colombia.
This support is in addition to the announcement made by the former mayor of Medellín and former presidential candidate of the Centro Esperanza Coalition, Sergio Fajardo, who stated that he is working with the businessman from Santander with the purpose of reaching a programmatic agreement for the second presidential round.
“We are talking, discussing issues, reviewing coincidences, looking where there are to make adjustments and that this process leads us to have a government program that later becomes the development plan of a government headed by Rodolfo Hernández. Here we go, this is the first step and we are doing it with all seriousness and rigor,” Fajardo said.