Iván Duque pledges to defend Colombia’s Constitution and unite the nation
3 min Machine translated
From this moment on, the electoral campaign ends.
The slogans end. The divisions end. The political confrontations end and the supreme hour of service to the homeland begins.
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.
I swear! I swear to defend the Constitution with extreme consistency to prevent them from destroying it!
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!
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.
There are compatriots who think differently.
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.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
A partir de este momento termina la campaña electoral.
Terminan las consignas. Terminan las divisiones.
Terminan los enfrentamientos políticos y comienza la hora suprema del servicio a la patria.
Por eso quiero empezar refrendando el juramento que hice frente al busto de mi maestro, el doctor Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, en mi alma mater, la Universidad Sergio Arboleda.
Colombianos, hoy reafirmo mi solemne compromiso de lealtad absoluta con la Constitución de 1991.
¡Juro! ¡Juro defender la Constitución con extrema coherencia para evitar que la destruyan!
¡Juro protegerla de aquellos que pretenden cambiar el Estado de derecho por la tiranía!
Y ¡juro honrarla frente a quienes, usurpando el nombre del pueblo, le quieren arrebatar sus libertades!
Voy a gobernar para todos los colombianos, para quienes votaron por mí y para quienes escogieron otro candidato.
No habrá vencedores ni vencidos, no habrá retaliaciones, no habrá persecuciones, porque en democracia no existen enemigos irreconciliables.
Existen compatriotas que piensan diferente.
Que piensan diferente, pero que tienen exactamente los mismos derechos que nosotros.
El artículo 188 de nuestra Constitución establece que el presidente simboliza la unidad nacional.
Y desde esta noche, asumo esa obligación como un mandato sagrado.
Seré el presidente de todos los colombianos.
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