Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Wednesday that he will be seeking a referendum to force changes to an ongoing peace process with demobilized FARC rebels.
The former president, whose family has been linked to war crimes relating to Colombia’s 50-year war with the FARC, has been resisting peace efforts since talks were announced in 2012.
Retired commanders of the Colombian military have also expressed their concern regarding the JEP, which the senate will begin reviewing by the end of this week.
In a letter addressed to President Juan Manuel Santos, the Association of Retired Military Officials argued that some of the judges assigned to the JEP were leftist sympathizers. Uribe has also made similar remarks, citing a lack of clarity in the criterion for the selection of the judges. But soldiers who are currently imprisoned for war-related crimes have expressed their support for the agreement, as they would benefit from the transitional justice deal.