The Colombians rejected in the referendum room prozumienie with the guerrilla movement FARC – Polish Radio

In a televised speech said: “I won’t give up. I will continue the pursuit of peace until the last day of my reign.” He assured that the result of the vote will not affect the stability of the state, and on Monday will meet with representatives of all parliamentary factions to agree on a plan number is entered.

in addition, the Communist guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londono said that the group insists on the continuation of the peace process. “Peace will win,” he said.

Despite the preliminary sondażom with 50.23% of the voting favoured the refusal of the contract, and 49,76% for its adoption. This is the results after counting of 99.6 percent of the vote.

supporters of the agreement, among which is the Colombian President Jaun Manuel Santos, expected at the end of the 52-year-old conflict that has killed more than 220 thousand victims. 26 September preliminary agreement was signed with representatives of the FARC. It contains a clause stating that the document is valid, will determine if the citizens in a referendum. The results were published of a survey that clearly indicated that with the conclusion of the world will tell you 20 percent more voters than his refusal.

President Santos admitted that he had no alternative plan in case the citizens voted for the rejection of the peace plan.

if the case came to the conclusion of the agreement, the FARC were to lay down their arms, and its activists would receive seats in Parliament. The guerrillas also had to stop production and trafficking of drugs, which constituted the main source of funding. He also said that they would pay compensation to its victims.

Opponents of the peace Treaty, among whom was the former President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe – a claim that it is inconceivable that the recent criminals escaped punishment, and sat in Parliament. Much controversy was aroused by the idea of punishing FARC guerrillas through the “alternative penalties,” such as mandatory disarmament is produced in the country.

guerrilla warfare FARC was founded in 1964 as the armed shoulder of the Colombian Communist party. It is estimated that out of the hands of its fighters killed more than 220 thousand people, and millions of people were forced to leave their homes.

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