President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella has apparently given up trying to be sworn in before the military and asked Congress to allow the ceremony to take place in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city. In an address to the nation, De la Espriella said Sunday that volcanic activity made travel to Popayan, the capital of Cauca, made a “secure, well-organized” inauguration ceremony all but impossible. Following the main ceremony, De la Espriella will travel to the Pichincha Military Canton, the base of the 3rd Division, to assume his role as supreme commander of the armed forces. An inauguration at a military base was also opposed by the Democratic Center, the largest political party in De la Espriella’s far-right congressional coalition. According to De la Espriella, his intention meant to stress his support for the Colombia’s “heroes.”