Colombia’s government on Wednesday rejected a proposal by rebel group FARC to hold a constituent assembly to solidify eventual agreements on political reforms.
In an interview with newspaper El Espectador, Interior Minister Fernando Carrillo called the proposal “counterrevolutionary” and said that for the government the door to a new constitution “in principle” is closed.
Colombia’s current constitution is from 1991 and came into being after the demobilization of rebel groups like the M-19 and EPL. Members of these rebel groups took part in the construction of the country’s current constitution.
The invoking of a constituent assembly is one of ten proposals for political and state reforms published by the FARC earlier Wednesday morning.