Post by geriatrix on Nov 29, 2016 18:12:52 GMT
Colombia's government has recently reached a new agreement with the Marxist guerrilla to end the nation's civil conflict of several decades, six weeks after voters unexpectedly rejected a previous deal.
President Juan Manuel Santos said in a national address that the FARC will be allowed to form a legal political party and run for congress.
The deal aims to address some of the objections of opponents of the original agreement, including former president Alvaro Uribe, who attacked the agreement as too lenient on a group that kidnapped and murdered Colombians.
Legally, Santos doesn't need to call a second plebiscite in order to implement the pact and one senior senator appeared to suggest that lawmakers will implement it.
"After 52 years of war, no peace agreement can satisfy everyone in every detail," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in an e-mailed statement. "The United States, in coordination with the Government of Colombia, will continue to support full implementation of the final peace agreement."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.
President Santos (left) with FARC leader Rodrigo Londono
President Juan Manuel Santos said in a national address that the FARC will be allowed to form a legal political party and run for congress.
The deal aims to address some of the objections of opponents of the original agreement, including former president Alvaro Uribe, who attacked the agreement as too lenient on a group that kidnapped and murdered Colombians.
Legally, Santos doesn't need to call a second plebiscite in order to implement the pact and one senior senator appeared to suggest that lawmakers will implement it.
"After 52 years of war, no peace agreement can satisfy everyone in every detail," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in an e-mailed statement. "The United States, in coordination with the Government of Colombia, will continue to support full implementation of the final peace agreement."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people.
President Santos (left) with FARC leader Rodrigo Londono
