Historical Pact insists on having liberalism's backing for the first presidential round

The Historical Pact continues to try to reach out to the Liberal Party, to gain its support for the first presidential round on May 29, through its Twitter account, the candidate of this coalition, Gustavo Petro, called on the party's militants to join its campaign.

This is the first direct message from the former mayor of Bogotá to the liberal bench, following former President César Gaviria's decision to break the rapprochements with the leftist coalition for a possible alliance, following the assignment of Francia Márquez as vice-presidential candidate.

“I invite the Liberal Party to an understanding without stigmatization on the basis of democracy and the 1991 Constitution that we made together. Colombia's path is change for life and peace, not the perpetuation of violence and inequity,” Petro said on his social network.

It is important to note that on November 8, 2021, a sector of the Liberal Party led by Luis Fernando Velasco, officially joined the Historical Pact, a coalition that brings together several progressive communities.

“I am convinced that a pact between liberalism and progressivism is the electoral majority in Colombia and that this can win the presidency in the first round. I propose specifically that we draw out the red flags, convince in the municipalities that social majority that still believes that the option is Uribe,” said the presidential pre-candidate of Human Colombia at that 2021 meeting.

In turn, Senator Gustavo Bolívar told Semana Magazine on Tuesday, March 29, the need to unite with the Liberal Party to achieve a majority in Congress, “if we do the analysis, we, assuming that the Green Alliance will join and the indigenous people, would have 40 votes in the Senate and 55 are needed, we would be without majorities in the Congress. Bridges should be built with other parties and the most ideologically related is the Liberal Party,” the senator assured the most vote in the last legislative elections of March 13.

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According to the congressman, the need to add the support of liberalism is also due to the urgency that the political party does not end up supporting Fico Gutiérrez's candidacy, “we would like to subtract there and add here. That already happened in 2018. What happens is that circumstances changed, which would take Gaviria to where Fico would be the notice and the house of the 36 (the headquarters of the Liberal Party in Bogotá), but the bases are here in the Historical Pact. What we need is institutionality so that the bench can vote with us,” he said in the interview with the media.

Sectors of liberalism came out to respond to Bolivar's statements. Mauricio Gómez Amín, Senator and Chairman of the Territorial Planning Committee of Congress, was the first to do so, “Who do we believe in the Covenant? To Francia Márquez who says that the Liberal party with Gaviria is more of the same or to Gustavo Bolivar who says that we are needed for majorities in congress. To whom? ”, he said.

As is known, next Wednesday, March 30, the director of the Liberal Party will receive at his home in Bogotá, the view of the presidential candidate of Team for Colombia, “the former president invited me to talk and I will be there. This is part of an agenda that is very important, I will meet with all the former presidents and different political sectors,” said the former mayor of Medellín.

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