Gustavo Petro stated that the delegates to the congress of the Pacto movement should be elected through open voting by the citizenry at all polling places in the country. He believed that a proposal to limit participation to the founding trends of the Pacto excluded the people and was, in his opinion, a slap in the face to democracy. Petro affirmed that the citizenry owned the movement and that it should reflect the 13 million people who, as he wrote, supported it, in all their diversity. He added that every voter of the Pacto should have the right to choose the delegates for the founding congress. He also suggested that the goal was to organize the largest political force in the country to restore democracy in Colombia and apply the 1991 Constitution, without fear of activating popular constituent power. He concluded with criticisms of what he called tyranny and bad government, and defended a country that offered opportunities and progress for all. https://t.co/tI7NstnYGw #DemocraciaColombia #Pacto #ParticipaciónCiudadana (translated)

