The most powerful front of dissidents FARC asked the President-elect of Colombia. Gustavo Petrobilateral ceasefire to find a “political solution” to the conflict, the letter said, released Wednesday.
In the document, the militants, who were excluded from the 2016 peace agreement, propose to create “by common agreement” with the new government “a climate conducive to a bilateral ceasefire agreement.”
According to the rebels, the agreement will provide a “political solution to the problem of violence.”
Letter dated andl July 31was made public this Wednesday by various media, along with a video showing about 18 men and women wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying rifles.
The situation with the FARC
On July 15, outgoing President Ivan Duque announced his death as a result of an operation. Ivan Ukusthe leader of this organization known as the Southeast Bloc.
His successor, a former guerrilla and ex-senator who will assume power on Sunday, expressed interest in making a “full peace” with all armed groups operating in Colombia.
Petro’s proposal includes a dissent made up of former FARC combatants who did not accept the 2016 peace deal and new recruits.
With around 2,000 members, the Southeast Bloc is the largest dissident group active in the country, according to think tank Indepaz. Colombiaand is present mainly in the Amazon jungle and on the border with Venezuela.
According to the rebels’ text, one of their “plenipotentiary representatives” to Peter’s government would be “Ivan Lozada”, another of the “Ivan Mordisko” aliases, although it is not specified if this is the same person the government thought was dead. .
National Liberation Army (ELN), the last recognized partisan in the country after disarmament FARCexpressed his intention to sit down at the negotiating table with Peter shortly after his election as the first leftist president Colombia.
The new president also proposed a “peaceful dissolution” of other organizations such as Gulf clanthe largest drug bank in the country, which two weeks ago announced its willingness to coordinate a ceasefire for disarmament talks.
(EFE)
Source: RPP
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