Petro does not accept Colombia
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Petro does not accept Colombia first-round presidential election results

Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, does not accept the results of the first round of the presidential election. He said this after his supporter Iván Cepeda performed worse than expected.

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With 99.8 percent of the votes counted, the presidential election appears headed for a second round. The right-wing candidate loyal to Donald Trump, Abelardo de la Espriella, is expected to face left-wing senator Iván Cepeda, who is allied with Gustavo Petro.

According to the latest figures, de la Espriella leads with 44 percent of the vote while Cepeda has 41 percent.

But the result is now being questioned by both outgoing President Gustavo Petro and Cepeda.

"As president, I do not accept the result," Petro writes in a post on X, claiming that hundreds of thousands of votes were added incorrectly.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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