Colombia’s former President, Alvaro Uribe, on Friday criticized foreign governments that support his country’s peace talks with rebel group FARC, accusing these countries of “ignoring” security issues.
Using his most common outlet for criticism, social media network Twitter, Uribe said, “Foreign governments ignore security deterioration in Colombia where the Santos administration offers impunity to terrorism.”
Gbnos extranjeros desconocen deterioro de la seguridad en Colombia donde el Gbno Santosofrece impunidad al terrorismo
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) June 7, 2013
The president also published a number of tweets in English related to his resistance of the ongoing peace talks taking place in Havana, Cuba.
Farc,the largest narco terrorist group,has attacked Ecopetrol,the official oil company,90 times this year alone.Wiil be granted impunity!
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) June 8, 2013
Democracy cannot be replaced for terrorists to negotiate the country’s future.
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) June 7, 2013
Uribe and his supporters have become increasingly politically isolated since the hardline president left office in 2010. While a substantial minority of Colombians have expressed criticism on the peace talks in polls, the almost entire Congress has expressed its support for negotiating peace with the FARC.
Internationally, the peace talks have received almost unanimous support from foreign governments and prominent former world leaders.
The FARC, Colombia’s oldest-living and largest rebel group, has been involved with peace talks with the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos since November last year. Following a preliminary accord on agrarian reform, the negotiating teams will continue talks on political participation which will include the participation of the FARC itself in Colombian politics.
The guerrilla leaders have always rejected the possibility of them going to jail once a deal is closed.
