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Sergio Fajardo Dismisses Taking Part in a Consultation with Other Presidential Candidates

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Sergio Fajardo, the former mayor of Medellín who aspires for the third consecutive occasion to reach the presidency of Colombia, has closed the door definitively to be measured in a consultation with other seekers of the political center, or of any other sector, and will go on his own until the first round of May 31. “Colombia is ‘mothered’ [tired] of polarization (...) is a country with divisions, malaise, rage, frustrations and much uncertaint…

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Sergio Fajardo, the former mayor of Medellín who aspires for the third consecutive occasion to reach the presidency of Colombia, has closed the door definitively to be measured in a consultation with other seekers of the political center, or of any other sector, and will go on his own until the first round of May 31. “Colombia is ‘mothered’ [tired] of polarization (...) is a country with divisions, malaise, rage, frustrations and much uncertaint…

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On the three-time presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo announced that he would not participate in an inter-party consultation for the upcoming elections, arguing that this mechanism “ends up to benefit extremes.” The decision opened the debate among other aspirants, such as David Luna and Daniel Oviedo, who pointed out that the position can weaken their political sector. “I think the center is strengthened when it competes, when it joins and wh…

Fajardo said the great danger is that Colombia will be trapped in this polarization because it is the terrain preferred by extremes.

The presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo confirmed this Monday that he will not participate in any of the interparty consultations scheduled for March 8, when the Congress of the Republic will also be elected. The announcement came on the same day as the deadline to express the intention to go to these previous processes. “The consultations are NOT the way: they end up benefiting the extremes, they divide the country against each other and the …

Sergio Fajardo dismisses participating in March consultations and confirms that he will only go to the first round Agency Period... Lun, 08/12/2025 - 19:06 The candidate assures that the consultations “beneficiate to the extremes” and bets on a new majority.

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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