Colombia's President Ivan Duque on Sunday said he objected to several items...
BOGOTA - Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Sunday said he objected to several items in legislation implementing a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group and will return the law to congress to be adjusted.
The JEP law established a tribunal to investigate, judge and sentence those considered responsible for crimes during a five-decade war with the government. “Colombians want and we need a peace that unites us and we all must contribute permanently to achieve that goal,” Duque said in a televised speech.
Duque also said he would seek a constitutional reform that would exclude sexual crimes from being taken up in the tribunal, to clarify that repeat offenders lose peace accord benefits and crimes committed after Dec. 1, 2016, would not go to the JEP but would be tried in the ordinary judicial system.
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