Abelardo de la Espriella suspends the formal transition after Gustavo Petro refuses to recognize de la Espriella's certified narrow runoff victory and alleges fraud without evidence.The National Electoral Council certified the result at 12.9M votes to Iván Cepeda's 12.7M and observers from the EU and the Carter Center praised the vote-count system as transparent and reliable, while de la Espriella, endorsed by Donald Trump, instructs José Manuel Restrepo to halt the empalme and order audits.Petro names
Iván Cepeda as, in his view, the rightful president and
Germán Ávila directs Petro's transition team to stop cooperating; the suspension deepens confrontation ahead of the inauguration and raises uncertainty for public finances and security programs that require coordinated planning.