Colombian government says that it has not discussed with the ELN the subsidy to stop kidnapping

He Government Colombian He assured this Friday that he has not discussed in the dialogues with the National Liberation Army (THE N) the creation of an international fund to subsidize this warfare in exchange for him to stop kidnapping, a possibility that has caused a stir in the country.

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“Faced with the versions that circulate of an alleged multi-donor fund that would provide a basic income to the members of the THE N In order to replace illicit sources of financing, we would like to point out that this issue has not been dealt with in the Peace Dialogues Table with that warfare”said in a statement the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace.

According to this dependency“on the particular not there is discussion or agreement between the parties that could be commented on by the national government”.

Colombian President, Gustavo Petrowho is visiting Germanysaid today that there is nothing defined because “The multilateral fund is not a construction in the agreements, it is a possibility and it depends on the agreements” with the THE N.

Despite this, the Attorney General of Colombia, Francisco Barbosawho is in public conflict with the government, criticized this possibility because he believes that seeking international cooperation so that the THE N stop kidnapping and extorting is financing crime.

“Colombians deserve not to be’vaccinated‘ (extorted) publicly (…) if this becomes an initiative, which I don’t think has any footing, we would turn Colombia on a stage where publicly they would be ‘vaccinating‘ with an encouragement to crime”Barbosa said when speaking at a banking convention.

Last week, the chief negotiator of the THE Nalias “Paul Beltran”, admitted that despite the six-month ceasefire agreed with the Government in the negotiations in Cuba and that will come into force on August 3, that warfare will continue to do”withholdings” as a way to survive and finance themselves.

In Beltrán’s opinion, yes to the guerrilla “They take away a spoon, they have to give him another”.

On the other hand, the government’s chief negotiator, Otty Patinosaid in an interview with EFE that despite the fact that kidnapping is not explicitly prohibited in the protocols of the Ceasefire bilateral with the THE Nthis crime is considered a “war crime”.

Source: Elcomercio

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