‘Colombia electoral reform does not account for FARC participation’

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Colombia’s interior minister confirmed Monday that an electoral reform the government plans to present to Congress still does not permit congressional seats for guerrilla group FARC with whom the government is seeking a peace deal.

Despite rumors of the new Electoral Code allowing the FARC’s participation in politics, Interior Minister Fernando Carrillo has made it clear that it does not, according to newspaper El Espectador.

In a radio interview,

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