Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, enjoying a political honeymoon period, is pressing ahead with his plans for peace negotiations. Perhaps inevitably, however, a few small clouds are forming on his government’s political horizon. On 30 August an enabling bill for President Petro’s “total peace” plan was lodged with Colombia’s congress. The draft legislation authorises multilateral peace talks with Colombia’s different rebel and criminal groups. It also establishes that any resulting agreements and treaties will be binding on future governments.
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