After four days of voting, representatives and senators of the First Committees of their respective corporations gave their approval to the ordinary bill of agrarian and rural jurisdiction.
This initiative of the National Government seeks to address the issues that affect the rights of tenure, use and ownership of rural lands, and those related to agricultural production relations.
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This bill defines the powers of the agrarian judges who will be in charge of settling agrarian disputes quickly and easily.. And the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Justice and Law and Interior have held dialogue tables with experts in agrarian law, think tanks, academics, and peasant, productive and union organizations.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Martha Carvajalinodeclared that “We have a bill that reflects the historical moment that this Congress, that the Government of Change and that the State as a whole must face. To continue denying justice for the countryside is to continue subjecting ourselves to the comings and goings of war. (…) Here is the possibility that this Colombia will be different, because in the hands of what you did is the possibility of fundamentally meeting again and talking about a Colombia in peace, of a Colombia that is an agri-food power.”.
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For him Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristo“With today’s achievement, we move towards the creation of the first judges specialized in agrarian and rural conflicts. Guaranteeing the rights of peasants, ethnic communities and rural women is a key commitment of the Peace Agreement“.
The Minister of Justice, Ángela María Buitragoassured that “The importance of Agrarian Jurisdiction is to make the framework of the Statutory Law a reality, which also means making available to the peasant community agrarian judges, distribution of powers and jurisdictions that are very important in the debates that have been the subject of social conflict. in many of our territories. This approval is the result of dialogue, collective construction and consensus reached between the different groups, who understood the importance of thinking about the needs of our farmers. Today we take a fundamental step towards social justice and the recognition of your rights“.
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The bill must now go to plenary sessions of the House and Senate, where its approval is expected, with a view to the agrarian and rural jurisdiction being able to become operational in the first half of 2025.
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The approval of the agrarian and rural jurisdiction means compliance with point one of the Peace Agreement, and will be added to other initiatives that have been implemented in favor of peasant communities such as the reactivation of the National System of Agrarian Reform and Rural Development and the recognition of the peasantry as a subject of rights.
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