The National Government and the dissident faction that broke away alias ‘Iván Márquez’ They agreed to continue with the peace negotiations, resuming agreements agreed in negotiations with the Second Marquetalia in the middle of this year.
The delegate of the National Government Armando Novoa explained that these negotiations will be carried out with the faction that was called ‘National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army’, with which they agreed to work on territorial transformation and status for the participation in politics of the members of that armed group.
“First point, territorial transformations. Second point, security in the territories and for the communities. Third point, legal security measures and routes for the members and representatives of the guerrilla structures. Fourthly, political participation. And we also agreed on the issue related to the guarantee measures for compliance with the agreements reached at the table,” the official stated.
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The chief negotiator of that guerrilla group explained that they are a political structure so they will seek to participate in politics, but clarified that they will not demand seats in Congress but rather that guarantees be provided so that the members of the structures can aspire to hold elected positions. popular.
“It cannot be directly that I go to congress, to a mayor’s office or to a governor’s office or to my colleagues, no. we have to guarantee the political participation of all communities and their leaderships. If anyone of the members of the National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army wants to participate and wants to be a candidate for a council, they want to be a candidate for mayor or governorship, having all the political guarantees that can of course be done,” Mendoza clarified.
The delegate of the National Government also left the doors open for the Second Marquetalia dissidents to resume peace talks, but stated that they must first clarify the situation of alias ‘Iván Márquez’.
“The National Government has indicated that this dialogue table continues without prejudice to the fact that in the event that Mr. Iván Márquez ratifies his willingness to remain at a dialogue table with the national government, we can reactivate these conversations. But for this it is necessary to be clear about the situation in which Mr. Márquez finds himself,” Novoa concluded.
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According to the delegations’ explanation, the inauguration of the dialogue process will take place in Puerto Asís (Putumayo) and they clarified that They will have an agenda in which they will hold different negotiation sessions in Tumaco (Nariño), Puerto Asís (Putumayo), Popayán (Cauca) and Bogotá.
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