Colombia: Uribe, Use of
Force Against Guerrilla
Bogotá - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ordered the
Colombian Army and Police Friday to get more severe military actions
against the guerrillas to liberate the retained prisoners by those
armed groups by force.
During an act in the University of Antioquia, in the city of
Medellín, the leader said that he called the members of the Army and
the police to exercise a permanent pressure on those retained until
they are liberated, starting Friday.
He pointed out that his orders included the increase of the
operations, until the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
liberate all the soldiers and policemen.
With it, he ratified what has been expressed when he disregarded any
exchange of prisoners, saying that the only humanitarian agreement
is the liberation without any conditions.
The most recent positions of Uribe are completely opposed the claims
of a growing sector of the Colombian society in favor of the
dialogue between the litigants in the internal conflict.
In the last days, the Colombian Committee for Peace, promoter of an
epistolary exchange with the FARC and the Army of National
Liberation (ELN) has insisted on going toward a humanitarian
agreement.
Also the Episcopal Conference was also pronounced in favor of the
dialogue and a political solution to the conflict.
But Uribe has even changed in a few days radically, because hardly
five days ago he manifested his agreement on carrying out an
immediate dialogue and even achieve an exchange of prisoners.
The hardening of the government's position worries many in favor of
peace negotiations.
Friday, former senator Luis Eladio Perez expressed that he did not
understand why Uribe, when meeting with politician Alan Jara,
liberated last week, was willing a possible agreement of peace with
minimum conditions, and now he changes his determination.
Perez said he was confused by Uribe´s position, but reiterated that
the Colombian Committed for Peace will continue insisting on
achieving the guerrilla and the government reach to a dialogue in
search of the humanitarian agreement.
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