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Colombia's congress gives green light to Petro's "Total Peace" policy
Government can begin negotiations with illegal armed groups
by Adriaan Alsema October 27, 2022
Colombia’s Congress approved a bill that allows President Gustavo Petro to negotiate the dismantling of illegal armed groups.
The bill gives Petro congressional support for his ambitious “Total Peace” policy, which seeks to reduce violence caused by illegal armed groups and organized crime.
According to Interior Minister Alfonso Prado, the approved legislation would allow Colombia to “turn the page” after decades of violence caused by armed conflict and drug trafficking.
It is the beginning towards the deepening of democracy, solidarity, inclusion, but above all the beginning to definitively turn the page of the bloodbath in which we are still immersed, the delayed armed conflict we are subjected to, which It should lead us towards total peace, where life is worthy and we can live well, in peace and with dignity.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-congress-gives-green-light-to-petros-total-peace-policy/