US embassy cable - 05BOGOTA6926

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Identifier:	05BOGOTA6926
Wikileaks:	View 05BOGOTA6926 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Bogota
Created:	2005-07-25 16:10:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	KJUS PTER PGOV CO Demobilization
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS BOGOTA 006926 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KJUS, PTER, PGOV, CO, Demobilization 
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