00:00Let's go live to Colombia, the vice president candidate, the candidate for the vice presidency of Colombia for the historic
00:07Pakistan statements. Let's listen.
00:12A lot of encouraged people because we are in the times of the peoples, a lot of encouraged men, working
00:20class, youth, women. We have to go home by home. We have to double the necessary efforts to travel the
00:31rivers.
00:37Because this country has to continue to blossom life and peace and embrace a lot of encouragement and a lot
00:44of strength.
00:58Colombians.
01:11Our task has been unseasoned. We did it without stop. And in the worst circumstances, in the most difficult moments,
01:25we have known how to come on top.
01:33We have overcome genocide. We have faced the worst persecutions. And many of the organizations to which we belong to,
01:45we have tried to decimate it and reduce it to exile or death.
01:54But here we are. Today we obtain more than 10 million votes.
02:05We are the main political forces.
02:07We are the main political force without a doubt.
02:12Before going into any other aspect, there are two situations.
02:21That at this moment, that at this moment are very confusing.
02:27The President of the Republic just made statements.
02:32Clearly about one of those situations.
02:38there is a lack in time
02:40that we want to verify
02:45and it's not just any lag
02:51we are talking about
02:52885,000 people
02:55we want
02:58we want because we are serious people
03:00that that be clarified
03:02but secondly
03:06there is information
03:10about an undetermined number of tables
03:15we are going over it
03:16with our
03:19observatory mechanism
03:20to determine how many of them are
03:24in which
03:26according to the first reports
03:30there have been reports
03:32of atypical situations
03:35we said clearly before the public opinion
03:37only when the conditions
03:40of the scrutiny
03:42are fully clear
03:46when this situation has been clear
03:48we are going to offer a statement
03:50regarding the results
04:01Presidente! Presidente! Presidente! Presidente! Presidente! Presidente!
04:08As I'm certain people will say that we do not want to accept results, democracy.
04:16But simply, let's do a review quickly.
04:24We don't need to go over the whole trajectory of what happened during these elections.
04:36We want to highlight the historic pact as the only democratic force of Colombia
04:43to choose each of the people candidates for the Congress and the Presidency.
04:49And hours before of the consultation, thousands of electoral posts were changed from location.
05:03Hundreds of thousands of people were not able to exercise a right to vote due to that situation
05:12that was never clarified.
05:15Then, you must remember this, an inter-party council was scheduled.
05:33And my candidacy was rejected.
05:37But another candidate that was in the same situation, it was allowed.
05:42So they did not apply the same conditions that were applied to me.
05:50It was allowed that the other candidate participated without any issue.
05:57So how can we explain this?
06:01How can they explain all the irregularities that have been happening?
06:06And I add a third one.
06:14That authorities, even foreign governments, are interfering in our elections as it happened
06:21with President Novoa, motivated also, also in league with Mr. De La Estrella,
06:37to whom I will dedicate a few words, of course.
06:42A clear, open interference in electoral process, especially in the south of the country
06:48where we know we have an important number of votes in favor.
06:53So we are not inventing anything.
06:57We are not inventing excuses to not recognize results.
07:03We are demanding democracy that the scrutiny conditions do their work
07:09and we know with clarity every single vote that we obtain in the national territory today.
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07:48There should be a serious audit.
07:55All the money that was spent in social media and the denunciation of vote buying as part
08:02of their electoral campaign, no.
08:06Ours was saving, we, to lies, to blackmails, to all this disinformation, we responded
08:19with arguments and with reason.
08:23We do not call to disrespect or slander, even less to dirty campaigns in the media or in
08:31social media.
08:31We fulfill with the principle of doing a campaign in authority, respectful, honest, and full
08:41of ethics.
08:43We did it and we commit to do it again.
08:50We did it for the mobilization of the people where we gathered tens of thousands of people
09:01despite of violent actions of the far right, for example, that of the incident of a person
09:14that was walking around with a bad, threatening admittance, and who paid for all these violent
09:23actions.
09:24actions.
09:25Of course, the leader of the far right, Albert River, who only knows how to do those things,
09:30with valid methods and criminal methods.
09:32we must say it plainly.
09:46I want to express my great thanks to social movements.
09:56to all the unions, to my team, to all that participated in this campaign, because with effort, with imagination,
10:09we have achieved to have a significant booting as the one that we had today, even if it was
10:19ill-counted.
10:22We are going to win in the second round, I have no doubt.
10:26Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
10:40From tonight, we are going to put together all our efforts to gather the necessary strength
10:46and forces to defeat, with a clear electoral verification.
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11:47Mr. Sprella represents, so that we don't go around the bushes, and I said with full
11:52clarity, he represents fascism, the mob fascism, you must all know this today. That represents
12:05his project. The project that expresses that fascist far right, not only in Colombia, but
12:14in the world, I will say it plainly. The advancements and achievements in social aspects of our
12:24government under a potential mandate on the Sprella, they will be destroyed. There will
12:36be no wage increase. There will be no support for public education. There will be no support
12:42for the agrarian reform. No more support for Jews. Support only for the powerful circles
12:53of the elitist group of Colombian society. Hypocrisy and corruption, that's what Mr. de la Sprella
13:05represents. Mr. de la Sprella has said it clearly, nature, living beings, animals, for him, those
13:33are objects to have fun with, and a cool fund. So, from him, we cannot wait for any kind of
13:47favorable measures for the environment, for the protection, for the preservation of natural
13:54wealth and the sanctuaries of our country. A total destruction of nature and life, that's what
14:05Mr. de la Sprella would deliver. Respect for women, no. Mr. de la Sprella is a miso-
14:34leader. Mr. de la Sprella represents the return to the past for drug traffickers, for corrupt politicians,
14:54the way that the country lives under the government of Alvaro Uribe, reinforced today by the far right
15:01in the world. And that's what we are going to fight against in this second round.
15:15We will not surrender Colombia to fascism. We will not deliver Colombia to be devastated by the criminal
15:25practices of fascism. We will not allow this. And I invite you all to come together from tonight to
15:36to prevent that that happens in Colombia and that we continue moving forward.
15:42Se vive, se siente, se espera presidente. Se vive, se siente, se espera presidente.
15:52Se vive, se siente, se espera presidente.
15:59We have no doubt that there are many sectors that they want to come together today in this
16:08alliance for life to whom I want to greet specially tonight to the liberal parties, to green alliances,
16:18to all that have accompanied us in this process. So we must make an alliance for life. Those that
16:35love life, those that respect life, those that want that in Colombia the political project that prevails is
16:45that of life and not death, they must stand on this side of history.
16:57And especially youth. I call on youth who have been vital, indispensable in the transformation of our society.
17:10Today, I talk to all of you. The future of our nation rests in your hands. Come here, let's work
17:22together.
17:23We must create an important youth coalition because you will decide the election between life and death.
17:34So, with all the enthusiasm, with all the serenity and with all the political power that we represent,
17:44with all the experience that we have in life to face difficulties,
17:53tonight I have come with a great conviction that the fight will continue and we will be victorious.
18:00I am Ivan Zepeda, I am your president.
18:05I am Ivan Zepeda, I am going to be your president.
18:11So we were listening to statements for the, by the candidate of the historic pact, Ivan Zepeda,
18:19and also the vice, the candidate for the vice presidency. All this coming after the results were announced,
18:24announced, as we know, the candidates of historic PAC, Ivan Cepeda, and of the far
18:30right, Abelardo La Esperala, advanced after the electoral day of this Sunday,
18:35advanced to the runoff that is going to be held on June 21st.
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