Father Of Colombian Presidential Candidate Who Died Announced Nominations In The 2026 Presidential Election

JAKARTA - Miguel Uribe Londono, father of Miguel Uribe, a candidate for president (candidate) of Colombia who was shot dead in June 2025 announced that he would continue his son's spirit.

The 72-year-old man decided to run for the Colombian Pilpes. He admitted that he would continue his son's dream of building a safer and more prosperous Colombia.

Uribe's announcement was held outside the congress building in Bogota. During the event, Uribe spoke on the podium with the background of the presidential election campaign logo used by his late son.

"Together we can build a safe Colombia where people will not be afraid to take to the streets, and where business owners don't have to pay extortion [to gangs]," Uribe said, Tuesday local time, quoted from AP.

"Democratic comulombia, where the government does not trigger a split between the rich and the poor, white or black, or those on the left or right," he continued.

Uribe was a member of the city council of Bogota in the late 80s and a senator from the Colombian Conservative Party in the early 90s.

Previously, Uribe had never planned to run for President of Colombia. However, that changed after his son, who decided to kill the president, was killed.

He was again known to the public during his son's nationally broadcast funeral, when he delivered a speech condemning what he called a state setback for "crazy" under the rule of the left-handed Colombian President, Gustavo Petro.

At that time, Uribe urged the Colombian people to vote in the election next year.

Apart from Uribe, there are four candidates for presidential candidate from the Democratic Central Party, the conservative party that Uribe belongs to. The party has stated that by the end of this year, they will use a poll to determine which candidate deserves to run for the 2026 Colombian presidential election.