Perhaps the most ambitious proposal from President Gustavo Petro’s government is to achieve what they call “total peace” because that is the path they have taken concentrated its efforts and even the peace commissioner Danilo Rueda has already sat down with dissidents to achieve this negotiated solution. But in the midst of this quest, there seems to be one Short circuit between the highest officials in the state. In this case, this time President Gustavo Petro and Defense Minister Iván Velásquez are pushing for a multilateral ceasefire.
And it is that the contradiction occurred with only a few hours difference. While President Petro of the United States stated that “the multilateral attitude means that the various forces and actors who are multiple stop firing, the national army will clearly work, that will be in a few days.”
Minister Velasquez He said: “It would be absurd to talk about a multilateral attitude, it would be absurd to think about it now. It is an intention and that depends on the progress and the terms of the talks.”
The minister explained that it was not possible at this time to confirm with which illegal armed organizations a multilateral ceasefire would take place. on the fire “The multilateral approach could not be approved; on the contrary, the instructions are to act with all severity against crime; public power cannot lower its vigilance,” Minister Velasquez added.
“Only as far as virtue the discussions –concrete– a dismissal has been agreed as a guideline for the presidency, we have to stick to that,” added the Secretary of Defense.
Although the quest to silence the guns is the underlying issue and what they agree on, what President Petro said is different when he warned that “we are in the waiting room; In fact, there has already been official contact by delegated national government officials with this type of issue, as is the case in the case of High Commissioner for Peace Danilo Rueda, also with members of dissidents.”
The Head of State also pointed out in a dialogue with the media at the end of his agenda at the United Nations General Assembly: “In a few days a public issue will be raised, the possibility of a multilateral ceasefire, that would be the beginning of the end of violence, with all the groups that join this situation.”
Statements by the Minister for The defense met during the Public Force’s implementation of the security policy against national crime. The ‘Perseo’ operation was announced through which she is trying to give Priority for the life and protection of privileged smaller communities.
The commander of the armed forces said they will focus on five axes: reconnaissance, law enforcement support, joint operations, regional relations and strategic communications.
For his part, the Director of Police who General Henry Sanabria announced that the operation would link them to Operation Perseo San Pedro Clavel, which will focus on respect for human rights.
“We will pay special attention to non-violent actors, that is, those who are not visible, we will influence their finances, prosecution with the prosecutor’s office to reduce underage drug use. We have forecast 856 operations affecting criminal organizations, while it is valid to highlight 163 operations for the environment, focused on illegal mining. We will make white-collar criminals visible,” added Police Commissioner General Henry Sanabria.
The start of the policy Security was accompanied alongside military and police leadership by Attorney General Francisco Barbosa, who indicated there would be full consultation with the country’s various authorities.
“The message for the whole country is that we have come together with a single goal to break through the regional corridors of crime and act confidentially. To do this, the public prosecutor’s office will integrate its strategic plan in order to align it with the national criminal policy plan. One of the axes is precisely the wandering, the movement, because the Crime moves,” Barbosa said.
It should be remembered that details of the meeting between Peace Commissioner Danilo Rueda and the FARC dissidents who are committing crimes in Caquetá department have become known. Alias Calarcá attended the meeting, which would have taken the lead of a key dissident faction committing crimes in various departments, including Cauca.