"The FARC failed with the truth, there were no repair measures": Sigifredo López

With indignation the families of the deputies of Valle del Cauca received, kidnapped by the FARC in April 2002 and killed five years later, the recent judgment of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), which condemns the former secretariat of that guerrillas eight years of sanctions.

For the relatives of the victims, The decision leaves a deep flavorbecause – according to them – despite the fact that more than two decades have passed since the events, They still do not know the complete truth about what happened with the eleven deputies that were kidnapped in the assembly of the Valley and subsequently killed in captivity.

The former deputy Sigifredo López, the only survivor of the kidnapping, expressed his disagreement with the ruling and questioned the commitments of the signatory parties.

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“(…) The FARC breached the truth,There were also no repair measures, then, in the end, the victims felt that the only ones we have fulfilled With the peace agreement we are us, “he added.

López said that, after hearing the sentence the families of the victims, They feel “mocked” both by the magistrates, as for the members of the extinct Farc. “(…) We feel mocked by both the FARC and the State, we feel that the State and the magistrates have forgiven in the name of the victims, which should not be,” he added.

In addition, The former deputy also questioned the restorative sanctions known as – works, works and activities with restorative -repair content (TOAR).

“The measures to restore the project of the victims are a mockery of justice. For example, one of the appearing parties participated in a float of the Festival of blacks and whites of grass. What does that repair the victims? Another made a walk cycle with 20 people, in what does that restore that the life project of the victims?; An appearing party made a diploma of 60 hours in conflict resolution, but that has not applied it, but that has not applied. He pointed out.

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As for the clarification of the facts, López said that the commitment of full truth was fulfilled. “In the case of the deputies, they never said who were behind the kidnapping or who facilitated the entrance to the assembly. They appointed someone who died, while I was imprisoned for that. They did not say what politician was behind the kidnapping. We felt mocked: the FARC did not fulfill their fully commitment or repair the victims,” ​​he said.

Finally, he referred to the political participation of the former secretariat. “Now these people are still in CongressIt is a mockery of the victims. His participation must have been suspended. He only lacked the state to say “sow flowers in the garden of their houses And those are measures to repair the victims, “said the former deputy.

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For his part, Laura Charry, daughter of former deputy Carlos Alberto Charry, agreed that the sentence does not meet the expectations of family members.

“The sentence must be examined thoroughly, but Broadly speaking to me without flavor Because we did the process with the JEP, we were accredited as victims, we were in the whole process and saw that the demands were not given. The stories made by the appearances were basic and lies, “he said.

For Charry, sanctions do not contribute to their personal reparation. “What happens or not in relation to the eight years, to the restoration work they must do, In my case, they don’t give me. The damage is already caused and Nothing will bring my father back”

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In addition, he pointed out that the demand of truth was not fulfilled. “We filed documents before the JEP, we said what we wanted to hear, on their part; especially the day to day of the five years of captivity, and that did not occur (…), it is a process that included me or allowed me to advance in that repair process.”

Finally, Laura said the vacuum remains latent. “As children and members of the foundation we lead, We believe it is a shared posture: it was not enough. We never listen to a story that could spin that construction of that being that we lost And that is what remains in the air. We will not be able to see that. If it didn’t occur there, it will never occur again. ”

The families reiterated that Its central demand remains the clarification of truth and that they will continue to insist that they are fully recognized as victims within the transitional justice process.