US supports Duque's latest attempt to sink Colombia's war crimes tribunal

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Colombia Reports


by Adriaan Alsema March 12, 2019

The United States ambassador dealt another major blow to Colombia’s peace process on Monday, stating his government supports Colombian President Ivan Duque‘s latest attempt to sink a war crimes tribunal.

In an interview with Blu Radio, US Ambassador Kevin Whitaker said he supported Duque’s decision to ignore the Constitutional Court and return a statutory bill that defines the powers of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to Congress.

Duque’s decision triggered a constitutional crisis and plunged the peace process into its biggest crisis since April last year when the US government requested the extradition of FARC leader “Jesus Santrich” on an unsubstantiated drug trafficking claim.

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Experts have asked which war criminals Duque is trying to protect in his latest and most devastating attempt to sink the tribunal that seeks to bring justice to the country’s more than 8.5 million victims of the armed conflict.

Read more: https://colombiareports.com/us-supports-duques-latest-attempt-to-sink-colombias-war-crimes-tribunal/

[Judi Lynn]

1. Colombia's foreign minister to meet with UN Secretary General over war crimes tribunal crisis

by Stephen Gill March 12, 2019

Colombia’s foreign minister will meet with the secretary general of the United Nations after the international organization expressed “regret” over President Ivan Duque‘s refusal to sign off on the country’s war crimes tribunal.

Carlos Holmes Trujillo will visit Antonio Guterres, to explain “in detail” why Duque chose to fly in face of the the Constitutional Court and return a statutory bill that defines the powers of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to Congress.

Trujillo’s visit to New York will be with the purpose of “making known the reasons that led President Duque to present the objections, the scope and content of these objections,” the minister told Blu, the radio station run by Duque’s brother in law.

Duque has opposed Colombia’s peace process since before coming to power last year and in particular the JEP, which could see many of his political allies and economic backers formally linked to war crimes.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-foreign-minister-to-meet-with-un-secretary-general-over-war-crimes-tribunal-crisis/

[scarletwoman]

2. Do these evil bastards ever die off???

And why the hell do people keep giving them power?

It's maddening...