Cablegate: President Signs Justice and Peace Law

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UNCLAS BOGOTA 006926

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KJUS PTER PGOV CO
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT SIGNS JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW

1. (U) On July 22, President Uribe signed the Justice and
Peace Law, just meeting the 20 working day deadline he had to
sign after Congress approved the text. Once the law is
published in the congressional daily bulletin, probably on
Monday, July 25, it will be active and implementation can
begin.

2. (U) The Government already has held a number of
inter-agency meetings on implementation, including at the
Council of Ministers level. According to the Peace
Commissioner's Office, the next step in implementation is for
the Prosecutor General's Office, Social Solidarity Network,
Vice Presidency, and other participating agencies to issue
decrees to create special institutions called for by the law.
The Prosecutor General's Office will form a special unit of
20 prosecutors to head up investigations (The prosecutors
will be backed up by a large group of investigators.), the
Vice Presidency will manage a National Reconciliation and
Reparations Committee, and the Social Solidarity Network will
oversee a reparations fund. Also, the Superior Judicial
Council and Supreme Court must now name the Superior District
Court magistrates who will judge the ex-terrorists.
WOOD

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