# Iván Duque pledges to defend Colombia’s Constitution and unite the nation

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2068877105601908990
- Source account: [@RevistaSemana](https://x.com/RevistaSemana)
- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 2:43
- Published: 2026-06-22
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation
- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/es/iv%C3%A1n-duque-promete-defender-la-constituci%C3%B3n-y-gobernar-para-todos.md

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation) From this moment on, the electoral campaign ends.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=7) The slogans end. The divisions end. The political confrontations end and the supreme hour of service to the homeland begins.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=27) That is why I want to start by endorsing the oath I made in front of the bust of my teacher, Dr. Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, at my alma mater, Sergio Arboleda University. Colombians, today I reaffirm my solemn commitment of absolute loyalty to the 1991 Constitution.

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=58) I swear! I swear to defend the Constitution with extreme consistency to prevent them from destroying it!

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=70) I swear to protect it from those who seek to replace the rule of law with tyranny! And I swear to honor it against those who, usurping the name of the people, want to snatch away its freedoms!

[1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=93) I am going to govern for all Colombians, for those who voted for me and for those who chose another candidate. There will be no winners or losers, there will be no retaliation, there will be no persecution, because in a democracy, there are no irreconcilable enemies.

[2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=122) There are compatriots who think differently.

[2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rIHB3t3mZqXm/en/iv%C3%A1n-duque-pledges-to-defend-colombia-s-constitution-and-unite-the-nation?t=129) Who think differently, but who have exactly the same rights as we do. Article 188 of our Constitution establishes that the president symbolizes national unity. And from tonight, I assume that obligation as a sacred mandate. I will be the president of all Colombians.