Prosecutor Barbosa spoke out against the law of submission: “Total peace must be a peace well made and not mere chaos”

The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa, spoke about the total peace process led by the government.

He Government national and the Attorney General of the Nation worked together on the law of submission which will seek that different outlaw groups who do not have political status take refuge and in this way one of the main objectives of the project of Total peace. In this line, the President Gustavo Petro and the prosecutor Francois Barbosa They have come together to be able to reach agreements that meet the objective of the current administration and its expectations with what the constitution indicates.

Extraditable La Picota individuals claimed they would rather face trial in the United States than by the Colombian government

Three meetings were held in this prison to define whether they decide to take advantage of ordinary justice or whether they prefer to submit to that of the North American country, since they assured that President Gustavo Petro had not held this that he had promised during the campaign

According to Barbosa, who spoke to the newspaper of The weatherit is important that this law works so that the members of illegal armed groups handed over to Colombian justice, but that concerns remain around the draft document.

“It is important to state that we believe in collective submission, but also that there are concerns that have to do with the no limits on assets at risk, with the idea that these goods do not go to the victims, that there is no victim status and reparation and that other crimes are excluded from the project. All of these issues need to be included for this initiative to have some viability in Congress,” said the official, who also added that his role was to be proactive.

In this sense, he assured that, despite the fact that with the Government an agreement has been reached, it is important to keep up to date with what is happening in the Congresswhat is approved and what is not or even what is modified, well, the idea is to find a balance between the sectors that support the vision that the Historical pact around what peacebuilding is and those who oppose it.

“Total peace must be peace well made and not mere chaosWe support the idea of ​​peace and I said so to the President of the Republic. The important thing is that all sectors feel calm, both those who support peace and those who consider certain ideas for changes to substantial aspects of the legal order dangerous,” he said in a media interview. Colombians.

As for one of the issues that has caused the most concern among political and social sectorswhich is the conservation of domain by members of the criminal structures, he assured that the limits must be fully specified, since several domain confiscation processes have currently been carried out which must be respected.

“It makes no sense whether these assets end up in full or without limit, going back to the drug traffickers. It is also important that assets subject to a confiscation process do not enter the negotiation. Let us remember that in three years of this administration we have seized 26,000 billion and these resources must remain in the hands of the State”, underlined the Attorney General of the Nation.

As for the decision, to give or not political status to all groups Farc dissidents and their leaders, Barbosa decided not to give his opinion and assured that it is a decision that belongs only to the president, therefore in his case and by his functions, he will act according to the decision he will make Gustavo Petro.

“It depends on the constitutional argument, the president has constitutional and legal powers to do it, I defended my powers, but I also respect the powers of President Petro,” he added in his interview with The weather.