is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country s first left wing president after winning a second round vote. mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. i m joined now by the bbc world service s americas editor, leonardo rocha. it isa it is a historic first for colombia, looking at his first leftist president. take us through the latest. it leftist president. take us through the latest.- leftist president. take us through the latest. it is a very important through the latest. it is a very important day - through the latest. it is a very important day for i very important day for colombia, it is something that evenin colombia, it is something that even in the past few hours people didn t expect, they said colombia won
it is now more than 50 seats short of a majority. just look at the mood. translation: the situation is unprecedented. the national assembly has never seen a configuration of this type in the fifth republic. this situation constitutes a risk for our country, considering the challenges that we have to face. this is now president macron s main opposition, a new alliance of green and left wing parties dominated by far left mps, tonight celebrating their new status as the first opposition party of france. translation: it is the total defeat of the president s - party, and there is no majority. we have achieved the political objective we gave ourselves, to bring down the man who with such arrogance twisted the arm of the whole country to get elected. but this was the big
surprise of the night, marine le pen s far right national rally party jumped from a handful of seats to almost 90. plenty of opposition to the president from all sides. translation: we are going to continue to bring french l people together as part of the great popular movement unifying all patriots, from the right and the left. the parliamentary opposition to macron s centrist coalition is now much stronger than before, but it is also more fractured, with one block led byjean luc melenchon on the far left of the chamber, and another by marine le pen on the far right. french politics is realigning around these three political groups. some voters say it is no bad thing if president macron is forced to negotiate with his opponents. others believe denying the government a majority only leads to stagnation. president macron is facing a new area of political opposition that some see
the rich and helping reduce inequality in colombia. all inequality in colombia. all riaht, inequality in colombia. all right. we ll inequality in colombia. all right, we ll leave it there. thank you for giving us the latest. you are seeing live pictures coming out of bogota, and we are expecting the president elect to be speaking to the audience in a bit. we will give you updates as and when they come in. president macron of france has suffered a major political setback, after his party failed to win a majority in the country s parliamentary elections. projections show that his ensemble coalition is set to win around 220 seats, well short of the 289 needed to control the national assembly. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his centrist coalition has lost a third of its seats tonight.
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