Colombian prosecutor's court challenge threatens peace talks
Colombia's top prosecutor on Friday filed a legal challenge to a law that paved the way for ongoing peace talks, a move that could undermine government efforts to end five decades of war.
President Juan Manuel Santos drew up a legal framework last year that led to peace negotiations with Latin America's biggest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The bloody conflict has killed tens of thousands and caused damage to the Andean nation's economy.
Solicitor General Alejandro Ordonez on Friday asked the constitutional court to certify that parts of the so-called Legal Framework for Peace are illegitimate because they could leave serious crimes unpunished.
Ordonez, one of Colombia's most reputed jurists, objected to articles that would allow FARC commanders to run for election and hold public office, providing they have not committed crimes against humanity.
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