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Colombia's new defense minister kicks off first day negating political violence by Adriaan Alsema Fe
by Adriaan Alsema February 8, 2021
Colombia’s new defense minister Diego Molano kicked off his first day in office on Saturday negating the security threat posed by political violence.
In his first speech, Molano confirmed public concerns that the business administrator is loyal to the controversial Democratic Center party above all else.
The defense minister’s negation of the violence against people involved in the implementation of a 2016 peace deal with former FARC guerrillas is similar to that of his predecessor, former Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, who died of COVID-19 last month.
Like Trujillo, the far-right loyalist of former President Alvaro Uribe has regularly stigmatized or criminalized government critics, which is what incites most violence, according to social organizations.
The so-called Uribistas’ verbal aggression has become a constant in the so-called Democratic Center party of which at least three leading members started their political career under the wings of the Medellin Cartel and many have been associated with far-right death squads.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-new-defense-minister-kicks-off-first-day-negating-political-violence/