Uribe rejects President’s invitation to discuss peace
Uribe rejects President’s invitation to discuss peace
Oct 22, 2014 posted by Emil Foget
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has rejected the invitation he received from President Juan Manuel Santos to discuss the current peace talks, calling it a “false gesture,” local radio station Santa Fe reported Wednesday.
The invitation was an apparent attempt to ease now-Senator Uribe’s opposition to peace negotiations in Havana between the government and the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, which began in 2012.
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After being confronted and asked for an answer multiple times, Uribe finally rejected the invitation, claiming it was insincere. Ex-president Uribe has been outspoken in his opposition to the ongoing peace talks, a point of contention between Uribe and the current president.
The former president himself has received fierce criticism for bashing his successor’s peace talks after recently leaked documents exposed that Uribe had been attempting similar peace talks during his second presidential term (2006 and 2010).
More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-rejects-presidents-invitation-discuss-peace/