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Gustavo Petro claimed that Abelardo had deceived Caldas, Risaralda, and Quindio by allowing, as he said, private interests to benefit from public goods in the coffee region. He maintained that the region should not limit the mobility of those who worked there and that he decided to remove the tolls when the concession contract expired, instead of extending it. Petro rejected what he attributed to the minister of the Char clan: that the State could not maintain the roads. He pointed out that most states in the world did so and that maintenance was cheaper with a larger extent of railroads. He also stated that in Colombia, concessions were financed with tolls, but the State paid concessions separately for construction. Additionally, he accused Abelardo of withdrawing funds from the Palestine airport and leaving it frozen again, as well as extending the road concession and maintaining tolls that, according to Petro, only enriched their owners. He added that turning labor products into income for corrupt individuals impoverished workers and the entire region. https://t.co/OpQYhP8vTf #Colombia #LibreMovilidad #Corrupción (translated)

Vicky Dávila wrote that Ana Lucía Pineda responded to the attacks against her and explained how the funds allocated to the victims of the earthquake were handled. She added that Pineda defended the family, values, and the work of President Abelardo De La Espriella. https://t.co/4zGdyxRUTi https://t.co/8N6cqTOwNh #PrimeraDama #Terremoto #Familia (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that Abelardo's favorability had dropped by five points, while his had increased by three. He also maintained that an imposed government was collapsing and that more value was placed on what was done during the Government of Life. #Política #Gobierno #Elecciones (translated)

Russy Millán said that he had reviewed the security figures for the first 55 days of Abelardo's government and considered them very positive. He highlighted the reductions in homicides, kidnappings, terrorism, and extortion, and noted that he would later gather the information to publish it. #Seguridad #Gobierno #Homicidios (translated)

Paola Herrera criticized Abelardo for talking about journalism and press freedom during the inauguration of the new headquarters of EL TIEMPO. She argued that he threatened those who questioned him and intended to decide who was a good journalist, in addition to making false statements about the protection and guarantees for journalistic work. She added that the government never answered her questions and that media directors applauded because, according to her, otherwise they would not receive money. #LibertadDePrensa #Periodismo #LibertadDeExpresión (translated)

Levy Rincón wrote that the person he was addressing should be reminded that he had won by a margin of 70,000 votes. He accused Abelardo de la Espriella and his wife of stealing and benefiting from public resources, and stated that if the recipient kept bothering him, they would stop the country. He also used personal insults against him. #PolíticaColombia #Corrupción #Protesta (translated)

Iván Cepeda Castro questioned the announced guarantees for peaceful protest and stated that the decree on social mobilization served as a pretext to exercise arbitrary violence against peaceful gatherings. He maintained that the Government sought to silence the population, but that the large and peaceful demonstrations the day before marked the beginning of a general mobilization against the Government and its policies. He also warned Abelardo de la Espriella that he should prepare himself. #ProtestaPacífica #DerechosHumanos #LibertadDeExpresión (translated)

Daniel F. Briceño said that he accepted the challenge of being the coordinating speaker of the bill for submission to justice filed before Congress by President Abelardo De La Espriella. He also stated that negotiations with criminals should end and that the law should be imposed through clear submission rules. #Justicia #Ley #Colombia (translated)

María Fernanda Cabal stated that social media had been filled with accusations against Abelardo for supposed intimidation related to snipers on the rooftops of the Capitol. She argued that they were part of Petro's security scheme and lamented that now, according to her, no one was saying anything. https://t.co/q7tqrL0XZB #Capitolio #Intimidación #Seguridad (translated)

Melquisedec Torres described the situation as "macondian" and wrote that former President Petro had formally requested to place armed men on the rooftops of the Capitol that day to protect him during a march. He added that Petro's supporters and other leftist sectors blamed Abelardo's government and protested against the measure, which they labeled as fascist and paramilitary. https://t.co/nyubCVn286 #Protesta #Colombia #Política (translated)

Daniel F. Briceño wrote that leftist sectors had complained about the presence of snipers on the rooftops of the Capitol, watching over Bolívar Square during the gathering that day, and had said that Abelardo intimidated them. Briceño stated that the snipers had been requested by Petro's security plan. https://t.co/boD6ehGNJy #Colombia #Política #Seguridad (translated)

Iván Cepeda Castro stated that the measures of terror and persecution attributed to Abelardo De la Espriella would not intimidate the citizens. He asserted that that day a mass mobilization had begun that no one could stop and said they would defeat what he called De la Espriella's despotic regime. #Protesta #DerechosHumanos #Libertad (translated)

David Rozo questioned Vicky Dávila for publishing, as he said, a photo of Plaza de Bolívar at 1:27 p.m. when only a few demonstrators were just starting to arrive in the rain. He asked her to show images from the moment of highest attendance and claimed that the plaza was full. He also accused Dávila of trying to present the march as empty using images from before the peak attendance. Rozo maintained that citizens were still filling the streets and pointed out that the crowd was chanting slogans against Abelardo, including an insult, and saying that the people were not "overwhelmed." #PlazaDeBolívar #Marcha #Protesta (translated)

In Colombia, security forces are witnessing an increase in drone attacks by armed groups, averaging one every 20 hours, due to the military pressure from the new government under President Abelardo de la Espriella Otero. #Kolumbien #Drohnenangriffe #Sicherheitspolitik (translated)

David Rozo stated that police with rifles were intimidating protesters from the heights of Plaza de Bolívar who, he wrote, were expressing themselves peacefully. He described the situation as state terrorism, directed an insult at Abelardo, and maintained that the people would not surrender. He also urged to spread the message so it would be known worldwide. https://t.co/E0zrBNBiHl #TerrorismoDeEstado #DerechosHumanos #ProtestaPacífica (translated)

Jennifer Pedraza Sandoval asked what the public force was doing with rifles in the streets and on the roofs of Congress while people were protesting, and who had ordered the deployment and with what justification. She said that Abelardo should respond and described it as very serious that those exercising their right to protest encountered armed men. She also maintained that peaceful protest should not be treated like a war and that a democratic government could not respond with armed intimidation to its citizens. #ProtestaPacífica #DerechosHumanos #Democracia (translated)

David Rozo stated that in Cali there were people marching against a government that he labeled fascist and accused of wanting to undermine the right to peaceful protest. He said that the protesters insulted Abelardo and chanted that "the people do not tolerate". He also asked that the video not be made viral. https://t.co/NeafK0XxNG #Cali #Protesta #DerechosHumanos (translated)

Iván Cepeda Castro announced that he would participate in a peaceful mobilization against Abelardo de la Espriella and his government that day. He claimed that the government had issued decree 1525 of 2026 the day before as part of a strategy of intimidation and with the purpose of repressing social protest. According to Cepeda, the protocol had not been consulted with the public or with social organizations, unlike the one, he said, that was in effect during the government of the Historical Pact led by Gustavo Petro. Cepeda argued that De la Espriella's protocol expanded the use of force, restricted police dialogue, and could facilitate the criminalization of those participating in peaceful mobilizations. He recalled that, between 2019 and 2021, the intervention of ESMAD had left young people injured and killed. He also stated that during Petro's four years in government, dialogue and the guarantee of protest prevailed, and that there were no young people killed by police gunfire, false positives, or eye injuries caused by gas canisters. The senator accused De la Espriella of wanting to return to past practices and said that the mobilization would be massive and determined. He added that they would not allow what he described as the arbitrariness of an authoritarian regime, nor, as he expressed, would they allow De la Espriella to destroy rights, democracy, and life. #ProtestaPacífica #DerechosHumanos #MovilizaciónSocial (translated)