PEACE DIALOGUES IN HAVANA - Colombian Guerrilla Stresses People's Right to Build Peace

Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:27 pm (PST)
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 20 (acn) Colombia’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC-EP) stressed in Havana that the people’s participation in building peace in the South American nation is a constitutional duty and a right of Colombians.

A communiqué read by guerrilla member Jesus Santrich at ongoing peace talks with the Colombian government, affirmed that the participation of individuals or entities in the peace process cannot be penalized and that the issue cannot continue to be blocked by the state.

The guerrilla insisted in the need to hold a constituent assembly that legitimates the accords that may stem from the peace talks and guarantees their implementation.

Over one thousand social organizations set up assemblies throughout Colombia on Wednesday to issue proposals on the peace agenda under discussions in Havana. The agenda was agreed to last August by the two parties on six major issues.

The assemblies for peace will gather over 150 personalities and representatives of different social and political sectors.

The land issue is currently at the center of debates by representatives of the guerrilla and the government led by Juan Manuel Santos.
 

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