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Historical! Just the day that marks the fourth anniversary of the signing of the peace agreement, at the Teatro Colón in Bogotá, an event occurs that marks a fundamental point in democracy; for the first time a congressman from the Farc Party presides over a plenary session in Congress.
The first senator of the community to hold that position is Griselda Lobo Silva, also known like Sandra Ramírez, who at this time presides over the session of the Senate of the Republic, which is holding a debate on political control over the murder of social leaders.
The Farc senator, who is the second vice president of the Senate, presides over the session because the opposition made use of the right that is granted in the Statute of the Opposition to establish the agenda of one of the plenary sessions each semester. In addition to this, the board of directors of the corporation reached an agreement to allow it to preside over this debate.
(See also: Government reports decrease in murder of social leaders)
Within the guerrilla, the current senator was trained as a nurse (inspired by her father) and a photographer. According to Ramírez in several interviews, she worked with Marulanda on her documents, was her assistant and read books to her.
Ramírez was a member of the exploratory commission that gave way to the phase of formal dialogues between the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the defunct FARC-EP guerrilla.
The senator is part of the National Political Council of the Farc Party and in the Senate she is in the Alternative Opposition Caucus (Convergence for peace, life and democracy), It is part of the Sixth Constitutional Commission (of transportation and communications) and of the Senate Human Rights Commission.
Sandra Ramírez was elected as senator with 52,532 votes and will go down in history as the first time that a demobilized from the Farc reaches a directive position in Congress, thanks to the support of the opposition.
The debate
In the country it has become common for Colombians to wake up with the news of the murder of a social leader in the country, in fact organizations such as Indepaz report that this has been one of the yearss in which more homicides against this population have occurred this year, reaching, according to that entity, 251 cases.
51 homicides have been verified against this population
However, the most recent report of the National Government, sent to the Congress of the Republic shows that, on the contrary, according to the statistics of the Executive, the murders of social leaders have decreased this year in the country, in relation to what was reported in the year past.
According to the Executive’s report, while last year 108 murders of social leaders were reported in Colombia, This year, with a cutoff on November 7, 51 homicides have been verified against this population. In other words, the Government indicates that the figures are on a downward trend.
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