The secret meeting between President Iván Duque and Timochenko

The first president had a meeting with the head of the Comunes party thanks to the work of the UN verification mission.

President Iván Duque and the leader of the Comunes party, Rodrigo Londoño, known in the war as Timochenko, have met three times since the first president assumed the presidency. The last meeting between them took place this Wednesday, thanks to the coordination of Carlos Ruiz Massieu, head of the UN verification delegation.

Not only were the ex-guerrilla leader and the president present at the meeting, but Pastor Alape was on the side of Comunes. For the Government, the High Commissioner for Peace, Miguel Ceballos, made an appearance; the counselor for stabilization, Emilio Archila; and María Paula Correa, chief of staff. The issue, how could it be otherwise, was the implementation of the peace agreements signed between the extinct FARC guerrilla and the Colombian State.

According to information known this Friday, the dialogue between the parties was marked by fraternity and conciliation. So much so that a roadmap would have been established to advance on implementation issues in what remains of the Iván Duque government and in front of the next administration.

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Likewise, both parties have agreed to work on the pending implementation to reach a successful conclusion jointly. Precisely the president would have insisted during the meeting that compliance with the agreements was a two-way issue. In this same meeting, according to press information, it was agreed to extend the payments to the ex-guerrillas.

In front of the meeting, the leader of the Comunes party spoke on Friday, when he said that there was “a meeting that was cordial, respectful and very humane.” He also commented that they had told the president · the concerns of the signatories of the peace agreement ·.

According to the report given by Londoño, “actions were projected to comply with what was agreed in Havana. Finally, during the balance of the meeting, the also known as Timochenko called on the international community and Colombians to continue supporting the agreement.

The meeting this Wednesday is framed in the request that Rodrigo Londoño had been making for a meeting with the current president Iván Duque and former president Juan Manuel Santos, administration with which the FARC signed the peace accords. The requested meeting took place, but was not attended by the president between 2010-2018.

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In February, a cross between Timochenko and Santos was known. The Commons leader had requested a meeting with Duque and the ex-president, while the latter replied that such a meeting would be good, but it would be difficult. “It would be ideal, but I have no illusions. I hope I’m wrong, ”reads a letter Santos sent to the former guerrilla leader.

In this letter, the ex-president made a count of the times he has offered to work with the current administration, without receiving further answers. “At the junction I made myself available to him. Later, I offered my modest contest to face the catastrophe of the pandemic, I made concrete offers to help Providencia and in various ways and at various times I proposed to the president that he unite Colombians around the implementation of peace, thereby others are legally and morally obligated, and that I would be the first to do my bit, if you will. There was never the slightest echo ”, he told“ Timo ”.