Presidential candidates in Colombia, Gustavo Petrocandidate of the Historical Pact, and Rodolfo HernandezThe votes of the League of Anti-Corruption Rulers were cast this Sunday, June 19, in their respective polling places.
Within the framework of the elections to be held this Sunday, economist and senator Gustavo Petro, who is competing in the electoral race to be the next head of state of Colombia, registered and cast his vote in the town of Puente Aranda, Bogota, accompanied by his wife Veronica Alcocer and daughters.
The candidate showed his vote to the audience with an "X" over the photo of him and Francia Márquez, his presidential running mate.
He then made a call to the population inviting them to go out to vote massively and urged especially young people and women because, he said, "they are the factor that is expected to change the history of Colombia".
For his part, the engineer and former mayor of Bucaramanga, presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez, went to exercise his vote in the capital of Santander, at the number one position of the Santander School.
At the site and accompanied by his wife Socorro Oliveros, he deposited his vote at the voting table to then show his ballot with the "X" over his photo and that of his presidential running mate Marelen Castillo.
The presidential candidate was accompanied by supporters who supported him at the time of voting.
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