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Security & Strategic Review - August 2016 (ISSN 1741-4202)
COLOMBIA-EL SALVADOR: Could amnesty annulment jeopardise Colombian peace?
The decision by the constitutional chamber of El Salvador’s supreme court to repeal the country’s amnesty law, which shields members of the military and guerrillas from crimes committed during the bloody civil war (1980-1992), comes at an extremely awkward time for the Colombian peace process. The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) would like to emulate the success of El Salvador’s former left-wing guerrilla movement turned political party, the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), after the signing of the peace accords in 1992. The Farc might now seek further reassurances about the accord reached in Cuba on a transitional justice system, offering lenient prison sentences for guerrillas who reveal the truth, as well as the promise of participation in Colombian politics.
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