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(Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA \/ AFP)\"><\/div><figcaption>Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at a news conference at the Casa de Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota [Raul Arboleda\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\">Al Jazeera Staff<\/a> and <!-- -->The Associated Press<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 4 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">4 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Colombia\u2019s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, has repeated allegations that June\u2019s presidential election was rigged, rejecting the legitimacy of his right-wing successor, Abelardo de la Espriella.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before journalists in Bogota on Monday, the left-wing Petro claimed that programmers had altered thousands of tally sheets after counts were transmitted to the national election agency.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/7\/20\/petro-to-give-farewell-speech-amid-colombia-transfer-of-power-tensions\">Petro to give farewell speech amid Colombia transfer-of-power tensions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/28\/colombias-president-elect-to-suspend-palestine-embassy\">Colombia\u2019s president-elect to suspend Palestine embassy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/1\/at-least-11-wounded-by-colombia-car-bomb-days-before-presidential-election\">At least 11 wounded by Colombia car bomb days before presidential election<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>He alleged that the election was \u201cobscure\u201d and had been manipulated by foreign powers, and that metadata associated with vote tallies was not made available for review.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia\u2019s electoral authorities and international observers have rejected the fraud claims. Election officials declared in late June that de la Espriella, a conservative with a background in law, had defeated Petro\u2019s ally Ivan Cepeda by 250,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>De la Espriella is due to be sworn in before Congress on Friday. Some analysts say the allegations could weaken his standing with some voters and deepen Colombia\u2019s political polarisation.<\/p>\n<p>Petro, a former rebel fighter who in 2022 became the country\u2019s first socialist president, is barred from a second term by the Colombian constitution and has little ability to stop the transition of power after electoral judges certified the results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are facing a profound institutional problem,\u201d Petro said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s the inauguration of an illegitimate president.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"feud-with-washington\">Feud with Washington<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Petro\u2019s final months in office were marked by repeated clashes with US President Donald Trump, whose administration has courted Latin America\u2019s right and pressured its left-wing governments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In October, Trump called Petro an \u201c<a href=\"\/news\/2025\/10\/19\/trump-calls-colombias-petro-a-drug-leader-says-us-to-cut-aid-to-country\">illegal drug leader<\/a>\u201d and announced an end to US payments to Colombia. Petro hit back by saying Trump was \u201crude and ignorant about Colombia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"35:1-35:312;2790-3101\">In January, after US forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Trump was asked whether he would order a military <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/1\/5\/trump-threatens-colombias-petro-says-cuba-looks-like-its-ready-to-fall\">operation against Colombia<\/a>. The US president responded, \u201cSounds good to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"35:1-35:312;2790-3101\">Weeks later, US prosecutors <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/3\/20\/colombias-president-gustavo-petro-under-investigation-in-us-for-drug-ties\">began a probe<\/a> into potential links between Petro and drug traffickers in the course of his 2022 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"27:1-27:91;2208-2298\">Petro said on Monday that he fears being \u201cextracted\u201d from Colombia once he becomes an opposition leader. He has called for protests and for rural areas to form \u201cliberation guards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-sourcepos=\"27:1-27:91;2208-2298\">\u201cI\u2019ve been told to behave well,\u201d Petro said. \u201cBut as a democrat, I cannot accept this electoral fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andres Macias, a professor of political science at Externado University, said the call could \u201cjustify the use of weapons by civilians\u201d in areas already impacted by conflicts between the military, drug traffickers and rebel groups.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at a news conference at the Casa de Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota [Raul Arboleda\/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press Published On 4 Aug 20264 Aug 2026 Colombia\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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