Another 39% supports the peace agreement as it stands.

The Ipsos poll confirms Colombians’ negative attitude towards the peace deal measured last week by Datexco. The latest poll clearly shows why Colombians oppose the peace deal that took more than four years of tense negotiations.Īccording to Ipsos, a staggering 88% of Colombians said the FARC “should pay for their crimes and go to prison” against 10% that said “the leaders of the FARC shouldn’t go to prison.” What is curious about the Ipsos poll is that it seems that support for peace has dropped since Santos and the FARC agreed to a bilateral ceasefire and details about the guerrillas’ disarmament became public.Īccording to Ipsos, in June a convincing majority of 56% said it would vote in favor of the deal. In the deal, a convicted war criminal will be able to evade prison and only be imposed a “restriction of liberties” if he or she fully cooperates with justice and repairs his or her victims. If a convicted war criminal does not or only partially cooperates, he or she will be sent to prison and can face a sentence of up to 20 years.Īnother reason for Colombians to vote against the peace deal is their rejection of the possibility of seeing FARC leaders taking part in politics, one of the key elements of the deal. While FARC leader “Timochenko” has already said nobody in the FARC has aspirations to be in government, members will be allowed temporary seats in Congress as part of the agreement’s partial agreement on political inclusion of the FARC and other minority groups.Īdditionally, Colombians polled by Ipsos said to have little faith the government will be able to assume control over areas set to be abandoned by the FARC.Īccording to 59% of the polled Colombians, “the government does not have the capacity” to do so.

The Santos administration and its allies in the quest to see the peace deal approved only have limited time to convince Colombia to support peace with the FARC after decades of war and war propaganda.Īdditionally, the peace deal is fiercely opposed by the conservative opposition led by former President Alvaro Uribe.Īccording to Uribe, the government has been too lenient with the FARC in regards to justice, ignoring the possibility both Uribe and Santos could face justice for the killing of thousands of civilians.

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