“We are waiting for Garavito from prison to give his support to Gustavo Petro”: María Fernanda Cabal

The senator continues her attacks on the pair of candidates for the Historical Pact, she recently told Francia Márquez that it was necessary to change her name to be consistent with their struggle

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Within weeks of the new election days in the country to elect the new Colombian president, tension in the political landscape increases. María Fernanda Cabal, one of the greatest feuds of Gustavo Petro, a favorite candidate for the head of state according to the polls, released an acid comment against the leader of Human Colombia. After Rodrigo Londoño, recognized as' Timochenko ', publicly expressed his support for the candidacy of the politician who intends to take over the position held today by Iván Duque.

“Petro count on us to make Colombia a World Power for Life,” said the leader of the extinct FARC guerrilla and president of the Commons Party on Twitter. For the former guerrilla, Petro and his government plan “focuses on the violence suffered by historically marginalized sectors. It gives prominence to women, rural communities and the working class of the country.”

Londoño highlights and celebrates “Gustavo Petro's manifest commitment to work towards a complete peace for Colombia, starting with the comprehensive implementation of the Peace Agreement between the disappeared FARC-EP and the Colombian State. Peace is the real name of social justice.”

Cabal did not like Timochenko's support for Petro's campaign very much and, incidentally, he named one of the bloodiest criminals the country has ever had: Luis Alfredo Garavito. “We are waiting for Garavito from prison to support Gustavo Petro,” the senator wrote on her Twitter account where she has more than 300,000 followers.

This situation coincides with the multiple attacks of which the Historical Pact has been the victim. It is worth noting specific cases such as that of the Colombian singer Marbelle, who made a racist comment against Francia Márquez. “Poops and King Kong,” he wrote on his Twitter account. “Is it freedom of speech or xenophobia? Doesn't Uribism achieve anything more intellectually?” , questioned Gustavo Petro.

María Fernanda Cabal also went against Marquez and said: “France Márquez must be consistent and renamed: FRANCE was a colonizing slave empire in Senegal, French Sudan, Benin and Ivory Coast in Africa. He is “colonizing tyrant” in his verbiage mamerta. Instead of knocking down statues with the first line, change your name.”

Cabal's comment came because of the inclusive way of talking about Marquez. The aspiring vice presidency often refers to people as “everyone, everyone and everyone”. Cabal joined the congresswoman for the Democratic Center and president of the Global Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, Margarita Restrepo, according to her, is not necessary.

Senator Iván Cepeda defended Marquez, noting that the Royal Spanish Academy contemplates the use of the word “mayora”. “However, some are shameless because Francia Márquez says “older and older”, but they shamelessly use language to insult, lie and incite violence.”

“Let them get used to it because with the Historical Pact the indigenous people and the Afro people are going to legislate and govern this country. Leave behind your racism on the microphones, it's time for Eduardo Galeano's “nobodies”, said the indigenous Wayuu and elected Senator Martha Peralta Epieyú.

Also, columnist David Ghitis stands out on the list of negative comments, who has released statements that have outraged the presidential candidate to hundreds of social media users. “It is reported that four watches, six cell phones, two wallets and seven wallets were lost at the meeting of the joint Senate and Chamber bench of the Historical Covenant,” the journalist wrote on his Twitter account, in one of the many comments he has made against Petro and the country's Left Movement.

According to Miguel Uribe Turbay, a high-affinity politician like the Democratic Center movement said that the communicator is “activist, respectful of institutions, hardworking, loving his family”. “The extreme one is Petro, who is still a pursuer. Go ahead Ghitis and all of us who are not willing to hand over the country to the bandits,” he said.

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