Colombian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Iván Cepeda announced on Saturday that he will file a criminal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office and a disciplinary complaint with the Inspector General’s Office against Interior Minister Alejandro Ordóñez, accusing him of using official state platforms to spread content aimed at discrediting his political and peace work.
Cepeda, a Pacto Histórico (Historic Pact) senator, said the complaints concern the alleged crimes of abuse of authority through arbitrary and unjust acts, harassment, slander and peculation by use. He argued that the Interior Ministry’s institutional account is an official state channel, not a personal instrument, and recalled that Law 2345 of 2023 and Article 209 of the Constitution require impartiality in public administration and prohibit the use of public goods for private purposes.
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He questioned under what function a montage of photographs would be promoted from the Ministry’s official account to delegitimize the opposition’s peace efforts, and said state resources and channels must serve the general interest rather than the personal controversies and obsessions of those temporarily in government.
DENUNCIA PENAL CONTRA EL MINISTRO ORDÓÑEZ
Ministro Alejandro Ordóñez:
Le anuncio que lo denunciaré ante la Fiscalía por presunta ejecución de los delitos de abuso de autoridad por acto arbitrario e injusto, hostigamiento, calumnia y peculado por uso. También, interpondré en su…
— Iván Cepeda Castro (@IvanCepedaCast) November 14, 2026
The announcement follows statements Cepeda made Friday from the border city of Cúcuta, where he denounced an alleged political and judicial strategy to weaken Historic Pact and discredit his electoral record. He said he was fully willing to respond to any request from oversight bodies but demanded judicial independence and equal criteria, explicitly citing President De la Espriella over alleged corruption, vote buying, manipulation of the electorate and foreign interference, and asking whether transparency and accountability apply only to those representing an alternative political project.
Cepeda traced the obstacles against his movement to August 2025, citing the relocation of 4,000 rural voting stations during Historic Pact‘s October internal consultation, restrictions on voting from abroad, and the National Electoral Council’s refusal to endorse his participation in an interparty consultation for the Alliance for Life.
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