Presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda gave a live interview to journalist Daniel Coronell on Saturday, May 30, 2026, to conclude his public activities leading up to the first round of elections. The closing campaign interview was conducted remotely from the apartment of Colombian artist Carlos Jacanamijoy in Bogota and was broadcast via YouTube.
Cepeda sought to solidify his position in the polls by presenting his socioeconomic proposals less than twelve hours before the opening of the polls in Colombia.
The virtual broadcast reached a peak of over 50,000 simultaneous viewers on the online video platform. The presidential candidate for the Pacto Historico used the ninety-minute slot to answer questions about his political career and his ties to leftist movements across the continent.
Cepeda concluded his public remarks with this programmatic summary and reaffirmed his commitment to respecting the constitutional order should he win Sunday’s election.
Ivan Cepeda’s interview with Daniel Coronell: A reflective dialogue in an art and memory environment
“The first thing I want to make clear is that this will not be an entertainment chat; it will be a journalistic interview,” stated journalist Coronell at the beginning of the broadcast. This opening statement established a clear conceptual distance from the digital entertainment tactics being used simultaneously by other political campaigns in the lead-up to the elections.
Subsequently, the journalistic encounter prioritized a review of the candidate’s biographical milestones before delving into the current national campaign situation.
Cepeda recalled the family trauma stemming from his father’s assassination and described the nuances of his own ideological formation in Eastern European countries during the dissolution of the socialist regimes.
The participants engaged in a fluid conversation in an environment decorated with the artwork of the painter Jacanamijoy. The interview format facilitated a measured exchange focused on the doctrinal arguments of the government program.
Programmatic responses to the fears of the productive sectors
Coronell posed precise questions addressing the concerns of business associations regarding the proposed transition to a model with greater state intervention. The candidate also delivered his responses in direct language to the online audience and dismissed accusations from his opponents that he seeks to expropriate private property. He outlined his main macroeconomic initiatives and indicated that his budgetary priority would focus on eradicating monetary poverty nationwide.
The government program proposes modifying current production models within the capitalist system to ensure a more equitable social distribution. Cepeda maintained that the resources to finance social infrastructure plans come from strict control of tax exemptions and a top-down fight against administrative corruption. Regarding public order, the candidate of the Historical Pact questioned approaches based solely on increasing the number of police officers in urban areas, calling them inappropriate measures that could compromise international human rights standards.
The agenda for Sunday’s election day
Cepeda advocated for strengthening the operational capacity of state agencies while strictly adhering to the constitutional principles of preserving life. For his part, the interviewee avoided criticizing President Gustavo Petro’s administration and reaffirmed the alignment between his historical project and the current government. The presidential candidate will exercise his right to vote during the early hours of Sunday morning at his assigned polling station in the nation’s capital.
Spokespeople for his team confirmed that the senator will go to the polling station accompanied by his close advisors and a representative group of congressional candidates from his coalition. After voting, Cepeda will gather with his campaign team at a hotel in downtown Bogota to monitor the preliminary count. He will wait there for the official results to be released by the National Civil Registry.