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Weekly Report - 14 July 2011 (WR-11-28)
Santos putting pieces of puzzle together
President Juan Manuel Santos took a decisive step in his bid to restructure the Colombian state this week. Santos appointed veteran politician Juan Carlos Esguerra to preside over a new justice ministry, eight years after it was appended to the interior ministry. Santos said the main function of the new ministry would be to “listen to the opinions of the high courts”. Under his predecessor Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), relations with the judiciary hit a nadir and channels of communication were often restricted to virulent criticism in the press. Esguerra will not only preside over upcoming judicial reform talks but also play a key role in anti-drugs policy.
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