BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s left-wing guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), is open to pushing forward peace talks with the country’s next president, Gustavo Petro, the group said on Monday, calling for reform to tackle social exclusion and inequality. .
Leftist Petro and vice-president Francia Márquez received 50.4% of the vote in Sunday’s elections.
“The ELN remains active in its political and military struggle and resistance, but also seeks to advance the peace process with new negotiations that began in Quito in February 2017,” the ELN said in a statement. Said.
Petro, who will be sworn in on August 7, has pledged to fully implement the 2016 peace deal with the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group and to engage in dialogue with active ELN rebels.
The next president, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla group, called for quick negotiations with the ELN and also recommended that the 2016 peace deal with the demobilized FARC apply to fighters who rejected the deal and formed opposition groups.
The ELN said it would have popular support if Petro promoted changes to overcome political violence and develop plans to continue business and entrepreneurship, land reform and the peace process, among other things. The group called for greater economic participation for Colombia’s marginalized communities.
source: Noticias
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