BOGOTA.- He chief negotiator of the Colombian government with the largest dissidents of the former FARC, Camilo González, warned that the armed fronts, especially those operating in the southwest of the country, are not respecting the humanitarian rights of civil society, nor are they interested in a peaceful and political solution to the armed confrontation.
The panorama is “critical” mainly in the department of Cauca, González admitted in statements to Colombian radio station WRadio, because, as he said, “humanitarian minimums are not being respected. That is something unilateral, no dialogues or tables or negotiations are needed.”
On Friday, an explosive attack, which the authorities attribute to the Dagoberto Ramos front of the self-proclaimed dissident group Central General Staff (EMC), left two dead, a minor and a motorcycle taxi driver who later died in a hospital, as confirmed by the authorities. local. The minor’s mother remains hospitalized.
“That humanitarian law is respected is something customary… one of the most basic principles even in situations of armed confrontations,” reiterated the government delegate who attended the funeral services of the 10-year-old boy on Sunday in the municipality of Miranda, in the north. of Cauca.
“What they are showing is that they are not interested in a path of peace or a political solution taking advantage of this government, and they say, ‘no’, we are more interested in our little power and our economic dynamics and that is leading us to a dead end, to a precipice,” stated the chief negotiator.
González referred to the conditions that this armed group sets to resume peace negotiations, which entered into crisis after the government ended the ceasefire in Cauca, Valle del Cauca and Nariño in March, after the armed attack on an indigenous community that left a leader dead.
President Gustavo Petro has wanted to promote a policy of “total peace” with the implementation of dialogue tables that he is currently developing with the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (ELN), and that had also started with the EMC dissidents.
Obstacles in negotiation
For the analyst and professor at the National University of Colombia, Alejo Vargas, the difficulties presented by the negotiations occur because the government has wanted to “force ceasefires very early,” a step that must be reached after advancing in the processes. and having obtained “mutual levels of trust,” he said.
Another drawback that the expert warns is that the Central General Staff is “the sum of very diverse groups and there is not enough cohesion.” In the end, when an agreement is reached, “you are not sure who is going to commit,” he said.
Vargas commented that, although President Petro’s intentions to achieve “total peace” may be valid, “the realities are much more difficult than the government’s wishes.”
Meanwhile, the Colombian army reported on Sunday on its X account, formerly Twitter, that it captured an “explosivist” from the dissidents named Dagoberto Ramos in Cauca, municipality of Coloto.
Source: With information from AP
