Colombian Gov't, Guerrilla Resume Talks in Cuba
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) presented their considerations in this capital today of convening a Constituent Assembly in that country, after resuming peace talks with the government.
The guerrilla delegation chief Ivan Marquez read at the Conference Center in Havana, venue of the talks, a letter he sent to Semana magazine, regarding an opinion by the government representative at the negotiating table, Humberto de la Calle, published in that publication.
"The Constituent Assembly can not exist if there is no countersignature of law to convene it with the competition, its duration, and the way on how integration is to be achieved," Marquez said.
This is more than a place of countersignature, it is the space that defines peace. The Constituent Assembly is called to discuss the possible agreement in Havana, and overcome exceptions and differences that are ignored, he said.
The representatives of the administration of Juan Manuel Santos in the talks resumed today would not comment to the media.
The first round of discussions on the second item of the agenda began last week, after the two sides reached the first agreements on agricultural and rural development in late May.