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Gustavo Petro appoints former guerrilla head of Colombian intelligence

Gustavo Petro succeeded Ivan Duque as President of Colombia on 7 August. | Font: AFP

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Philosopher Manuel Alberto Casanova former associate of President Gustavo Petro in the disbanded M-19 guerrilla unit, will become the new director intelligence in Colombia, the first in this position, not associated with the armed forces.

Decree of August 18 Casanova was appointed “Director General of the Administrative Department National Intelligence Agency”(DNR).

Created in 2011, the organization will for the first time be led by a civilian who, according to the opposition, has no experience in managing intelligence and strategic counterintelligence in security and defense.

Like PetroCasanova was demobilized in 1990 as part of a peace agreement signed by M-19.

“It worries. (Casanova) is a person who has no experience in intelligence management,” the party congressman asked. Democratic CenterJosé Vicente Carreño, in an interview W Radius.

Having handed over his weapon, the former partisan took the post of head of the security of a political party. Democratic Alliance M-19, arose from a peace treaty, according to University of the Andeswhere he gave a lecture on the conflict last year.

The DPR replaced the Administrative Directorate of Security (DAS), which was dissolved due to a spy scandal involving judges, opponents and human rights activists under the government of the former president. Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010).

Since its inception, the organization has been led exclusively by retired military personnel.

Controversy over Casanova’s appointment

It’s a “demotivating” appointment for government officials, the congressman said. Jose Vicente Carreno.

But for Gloria Flores, an official senator and human rights activist, Casanova’s appointment means a change of course in the management of intelligence in Colombia, a country mired in internal conflict for six decades.

“In the old YOU’RE GIVING We have been the victims of shameful persecution, meetings for which several people are thrown into prison today. The goal is to give a different course to government intelligence,” he said.

Casanova recently served as an official in the organization responsible for technical education in Colombia (SENA) and in an export company Coffeeaccording to public documents and his profile LinkedIn.

With the unprecedented rise to power of the left at the hands of Peter Armed forces and police they have embarked on a transformational process to improve their human rights performance in the face of widely documented abuses and killings of civilians.

On Saturday, in connection with the change of military leadership, Petro He has warned troops to prepare to become an “army of peace” after a protracted internal confrontation that his government wants to settle through negotiations with armed groups.

(According to AFP)


Source: RPP

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