The president aims a blow at the peace accord with the FARC
won Colombia’s presidency last year on a promise to modify a peace deal between the government and theguerrilla group, which ended their 52-year war in 2016. On March 10th this year Mr Duque kept that promise. In a televised speech he stated six objections to a law governing the operation of a tribunal, known as theand the armed forces for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This is the first time a Colombian president has reopened a legal question that had been settled by the constitutional court. It is not clear that congress has the power to change such a law for the reasons Mr Duque put forward, or that it will do so.During his seven months in office, Mr Duque has tried to strike a balance between the hard line of his mentor, Álvaro Uribe, a former president who opposes the peace accord, and Colombians who want to preserve it.
The success of his gambit now depends on congress and the constitutional court. Congress could override Mr Duque’s objections, forcing him to sign the law. That would be a humiliation. Even if congress passes a modified law, the constitutional court is likely to strike it down. That would be a better result for Mr Duque. The court would take up to a year to rule.will continue to function, but clumsily.
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