The Democratic Center, the main opposition party in Colombia, announced that Miguel Uribe Londoño, father of the late Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, will replace his son as presidential candidate for the 2026 elections.
The Father of Colombian Senator murdered Miguel Uribe Turbay It will take its place as a presidential candidate for the right-wing democratic center party, indicated this political force, the main opposition to the current president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro.
According to the Democratic Center, the Miguel Uribe Londoño asked on Thursday to be allowed to “Enter the selection process of the presidential candidate of the Democratic Center Party, representing the entire family of Miguel Uribe Turbay.”
“Given the above, the Democratic Center Party and its presidential pre-candidates welcome Mr. Miguel Uribe Londoño, who from today enters the selection process of the presidential candidate” for the 2026 elections.
Thus, Uribe Londoño, who had a passage in politics in the 1990s, joins the Senators María Fernanda Cabal, Paloma Valencia, Paola Holguín and Andrés Guerrawhich aspire to obtain the appointment of a party candidate founded and led by the former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) to next year’s presidential elections.
In the funeral of the son, Uribe Londoño I said a few words to those present, who pointed out that “Miguel’s ideas are more current than ever”condemned the violence and appealed to “Lock this madness in 2026”the year in which legislative and presidential elections will be held in the Latin American country.
“The Centro Democratic Party will choose its presidential candidate between December 2025 and January 2026, through an international poll,” and the chosen one will participate on March 8 in a consultation, with other right -wing forces, “to choose a single candidate from a popular -based democratic unit that rebuilds the democratic path of the nation,” the statement added.
