Colombian Election Loser Threatens 'Civil Disobedience' if Winner Does Not Ditch US Citizenship
Cepeda said de la Espriella must renounce U.S. citizenship and clarify his U.S. ties, warning of peaceful civil disobedience if he does not.
- Senator Iván Cepeda demands that President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella renounce his US citizenship and clarify his ties to US intelligence and businessman Alex Saab before taking office on August 7.
- Cepeda has announced plans for peaceful civil disobedience and urged his supporters to refuse orders from De la Espriella's authority if these conditions are not met.
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The leftist senator also calls on El Tigre to cease "all persecution" against Gustavo Petro and desist "from any attempt to extradite him" to the US. More information: Iván Cepeda demarcates Gustavo Petro and recognizes De la Espriella's victory in Colombia's elections
Cepeda threatens 'civil disobedience' unless Colombia's president-elect renounces US citizenship
Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda, who lost Colombia's presidential runoff, announced on Tuesday that he will resort to 'peaceful civil disobedience' against the incoming government of Abelardo de la Espriella if the president-elect does not renounce his US citizenship and clarify a series of questions before taking office on August 7. The Pacto Histórico leader, from the party of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, urged his voters to join the measure, which he described as not recognizing the new president's authority.
The Colombian left prepares to be opposed in the government of Abelardo de la Espriella, and raises the tone of the confrontation by taking the first steps in that direction. Senator Iván Cepeda, the candidate of the Historical Pact who lost by a narrow margin the second round, has demanded on Tuesday that the president-elect renounce his U.S. citizenship before taking office on August 7th – and to clarify if he has been a collaborator or member…
Former presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda began his opposition to the elected president of Colombia, Abelardo De La Espriella.
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BOGOTÁ (AP) — Former presidential candidate Iván Cepeda announced on Tuesday that he will resort to “peaceful civil disobedience” in case President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella does not renounce his US nationality, clarify if he has been an “agency collaborator” of that country’s intelligence
The former presidential candidate invited the people who voted for him to do the same, if the elected president does not comply with a series of requests that he announced at a press conference
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