Colombian government’s agrarian deal with FARC ‘unacceptable’: Uribe
Colombian government’s agrarian deal with FARC ‘unacceptable’: Uribe
posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson
May 27, 2013
Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe said Monday that an undisclosed agreement on agrarian reform signed by Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC and the government on Sunday is “unacceptable.”
The agreement between the FARC and the government prompted the vocal ex-president to launch a barrage of criticism on Twitter.
In an eight-point series of tweets, the former president (2002-2010) said current president Juan Manuel Santos had turned his back on the country’s farmers and was leaving their fate in the hands of terrorists.
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The agreement between the FARC and the government was signed on Sunday. The Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, in charge of the peace negotiations, told Colombia Reports that the negotiation teams would not release the text of the signed document until further notice.
On Sunday, the chief negotiator of the rebel delegation, “Ivan Marquez,” said there were still pending issues regarding agrarian reform yet to be solved by the warring parties.
http://colombiareports.com/uribe-criticizes-farc-government-agrarian-reform/
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Agrarian deal with FARC ‘historic’ and ‘irreversible’: Colombia’s Congress president
posted by Adriaan Alsema
May 27, 2013
A deal made on agrarian before between the FARC and the government is a “major historic and irreversible step” towards peace, Colombia’s Congress president and chairman of the Peace Commission said Sunday.
In a press release and on Twitter, Congress President Roy Barreras — a vociferous supporter of the peace talks, said the agreement signed Sunday to reform Colombia’s rural economy was “a major historic and irreversible step. We have won the mountain stage prize. Now comes the time trial stage until November,” the deadline set by President Juan Manuel Santos for the FARC and the government delegates to sign a peace accord.
Barreras has supported peace talks with the FARC since they were announced in August last year.
The deal between Colombia’s government and the country’s largest guerrilla group was deemed “historic” by both Colombian President Santos and Colombian media.
The agrarian reform, announced by foreign observers in a protocolary act, is the first of five points on the negotiating table and was widely considered the toughest hurdle.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/agrarian-deal-with-farc-historic-and-irreversible-step-colombias-congress-president/
