One of the most important moments during Gustavo Petro’s presidential inauguration, After outgoing president Iván Duque refused to allow the transfer, he ordered that Bolívar’s sword be brought to the ceremony.
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After 4 pm, the sword reached the Plaza de Bolivar, accompanied by members of the Presidential Battalion of Guards, who entered through the entrance to the seventh street carrying the glass vase with the symbolic object. Only after that, President Petro Urrego began his speech.
“Coming here with this sword is for me a lifetime, an existence. This sword means so much to us. I want it never to be buried again, never to be held again, only to be sheathed as its owner, when there is justice in this land, as the Savior said.” said.
“From the city. It is the sword of the people, and that is why we wanted it here, in this time and in this place. “Perhaps it will become a permanent, official, symbolic fact for subsequent presidents that, when they take office, they are always accompanied by Bolívar’s libertarian sword,” he said.
In a video revealed by Codigo Caracol, It seems that former President Duque has requested that everything be checked to make sure everything is in order for the transfer to take place.
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“You do your duty and continue after all the requirements of the law are met,” Iván Duque says in the video.
“As you command, so shall it be, Mister President,” replies a member of the Battalion.
It is worth noting that the outgoing president did not allow the transfer due to security problems. But according to Petro’s team, all requirements met for three weeks In front of the Ministry of Culture, the National Museum and Quinta de Bolivar, the sword acts as a symbol of “freedom, unity, hope and life” so that it is included in the protocol.
In his first speech as President, Petro said: “This sword has so much history that today he will add one more: why did it take so long to reach this square.”
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