00:00I warned about it even before I was a candidate.
00:05Petro is a budding tyrant who seeks to perpetuate himself in power by any means necessary.
00:11And today, as your president-elect, I reaffirm what I have said for so many years.
00:18This is no longer an analysis or an opinion, it is a palpable reality.
00:23From the moment that almost 13 million Colombians joined me in defeating him and his
00:33political front man,
00:35Petro and Cepeda initiated their plan B to stay in power at all costs.
00:42And they want to do it through a coup d'état.
00:46In the last few hours the plan has escalated.
00:49Petro, by assuming powers that belong to the electoral body, has disregarded my election.
01:01My credentials as president-elect, based on harangues and fantasies, have led him to say that he does not recognize my victory.
01:11and on the contrary, it is awarded in an Olympian manner to Cepeda.
01:16For his part, Cepeda, playing the good cop, calls for civil disobedience to refuse to recognize the votes.
01:26that in democracy, in freedom, the Colombian people placed in the ballot boxes to make me president of all.
01:38Look, nobody is being deceived; there is no peaceful resistance when it comes to justifying a coup d'état.
01:46That is nothing more than a disguise for the perverse plan that Petro and Cepeda have to cling to power.
01:53Petro's plan, my dear compatriots, was always to do the same thing the Castros did.
02:01What his friend Chávez did, what Ortega and other tyrants of populism, of 21st-century socialism, have done
02:0921st century
02:10precisely to stay in power, to cling to power.
02:14To all of the above, dear compatriots, we must add the fear that both Petro and Cepeda have.
02:21of the revelation that will come, not only in the face of all the corruption that reigned during these four dark years of misrule,
02:32but rather the legal consequences of their links to narco-terrorism,
02:43both with criminal groups within Colombia and with the cartel led by the narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro.
02:55In light of all the above, I, as President-elect, ask the Armed Forces of the Republic of Colombia
03:08that they fulfill their oath to protect the Constitution and democracy
03:15and not obey any order that Petro is giving in the opposite direction.
03:22To the international community, I reiterate the request I made during the campaign.
03:30I ask you to be vigilant, attentive, and supportive until the attempted coup has ceased.
03:39that Gustavo Petro and Iván Cepeda are giving.
03:45To the transition team of our government, led by the Vice President-elect of the Republic of Colombia,
03:54José Manuel Restrepo, I ask you to cease meetings with Petro's coup government.
04:04The legal mandate for splicing must be fulfilled through legal and technological mechanisms.
04:12that exist to gather information.
04:16We cannot sit at the table with a gang of coup plotters and corrupt officials.
04:23that does not recognize the sovereign people as expressed at the ballot box.
04:28That is unacceptable.
04:31To the Colombian people, resistance, dear compatriots.
04:35We cannot allow them to steal what we achieved at the polls in an epic democratic battle on June 21st.
04:46Let's resist, August 7th is near.
04:50God, the vote, and democracy spoke.
04:55We will defend the constitution and the rule of law as we should.
05:02That is why I did not accept, my dear compatriots, to meet with Petro.
05:06Everything about him is falsehood and trickery.
05:09We must not compromise with the enemies of the homeland.
05:13As I said during the campaign, I came to confront, defeat, and punish that individual.
05:22I have already served the first two parts of that sentence.
05:27He knows that I will make him pay for all his crimes within the framework of the law.
05:33And that's why he's panicked and terrified.
05:35Don't ask me, fellow countrymen, to be politically correct.
05:40I am not a politician.
05:42That's why I speak frankly.
05:44A transition cannot be made with a government that does not recognize the victory of the incoming government.
05:53Petro, his heir, and those who are supporting them in this absurdity,
06:00They are not the democrats that Colombia was spared.
06:04Thank God we defeated them.
06:07Petro and Cepeda don't know who they're up against.
06:12For defending the popular will, order, institutions, and the constitution,
06:21I will be relentless and forceful.
06:24That narrative of alleged fraud is the excuse to set the country on fire.
06:31I want you to know that I will be a tiger defending Colombia from the coup plotters.
06:38Let no one doubt it.
06:39Today, coincidentally, dear compatriots,
06:42The 35th anniversary of the promulgation of the political constitution is being commemorated.
06:47In a few weeks,
06:50by sovereign decision of the Colombian people,
06:54I will assume the presidency of the republic
06:57And I swear to uphold and enforce our constitution.
07:03I can't think of a more opportune moment
07:07This is to reiterate my absolute respect for the higher law that governs us.
07:18Constitutions, my dear compatriots,
07:21They are the foundation of republican life.
07:26The legitimacy of institutions rests on constitutions.
07:32the freedom of citizens,
07:35the separation of powers,
07:39legal certainty
07:42and the healthy democratic coexistence of all members.
07:48The first obligation of the one who occupies the highest office in the nation
07:54It consists precisely in submitting without reservations or exceptions.
08:01to the rule of the constitution.
08:05No ruler can place themselves above her,
08:10nor call into question the sovereign will of the Colombian people
08:17when it does not favor their personal and particular interests.
08:24Exactly one month from now,
08:27those who hold power today
08:31will take the place that every democracy
08:35reserve for political minorities
08:38the opposition
08:41They will receive what is appropriate
08:43in a state governed by the rule of law like ours
08:46all guarantees
08:48to express
08:50their disagreements
08:52and controversies
08:54in the face of the decisions
08:57of the government.
08:58But those guarantees
08:59They have a limit.
09:01which is insurmountable.
09:03The political constitution
09:06my government
09:08never
09:09will accept
09:10the de facto
09:11intimidation
09:13the blockades
09:15nor violence
09:16even if they intend
09:18disguise her
09:19with grandiose names
09:21and bombastic.
09:22The peaceful protest
09:24will be respected
09:26as what it is
09:28a right.
09:30Violence
09:31will be faced
09:32as a crime.
09:33Understand this well.
09:36Defenders
09:37of the homeland
09:38Petro
09:39It is the past
09:40us
09:41We are the future
09:43It's almost here
09:44to leave
09:45of the homeland
09:46misery
09:47and start building
09:48together
09:48the homeland
09:50miracle
09:50that we long for so much.
09:52Endurance
09:53constitutional
09:54that's what
09:56we must promote
09:57those
09:58that we defend
10:00legality
10:02the state
10:03by law
10:04God
10:04and their votes
10:06compatriots
10:06They've put me
10:08here
10:08to face
10:10to the tyrant
10:11And I will
10:12accordingly
10:13have no doubt
10:14of it
10:15today
10:17more than ever
10:18I'm
10:19firm
10:20for democracy
10:21and firm
10:23for the homeland
10:27that
10:27HE
10:29for the homeland
10:30to
10:30the homeland
10:30and
10:30HE
10:30the
10:30the
10:30to
10:30and
10:31the homeland
10:31and
10:34I will
10:35the homeland
10:35to
10:35the homeland
10:38the homeland
10:38and
10:38the homeland
10:38Thanks for watching the video.
