Calling for civil disobedience over a constitutional non-issue is a textbook move to delegitimize an election that was lost fair and square. Electoral authorities confirmed de la Espriella's victory in a process that has been certified as transparent. Threatening to make the country ungovernable is an assault on the democratic mandate that Colombians delivered.
Someone who has declared allegiance to the U.S. on oath, renouncing fidelity to all foreign states, can't credibly command Colombia's armed forces or direct its foreign policy as the constitution demands. Cepeda's push for civil disobedience reflects a genuine constitutional crisis, especially as de la Espriella has already proposed handing Washington control over Colombia's relations with Venezuela.
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