Post date: 2024-05-24 14:25:59
The table highlighted the importance of the joint fight between government entities and peace signatories to defeat the stigmatization and singling out that still occurs in the territories.
2024-05-24 14:25:59
After two and a half years of inactivity, the Huila Departmental Reincorporation Board comes to life again thanks to the commitment of the government led by Rodrigo Villalba. The meeting, which included the participation of more than 25 associative forms and organizations of peace signatories from the department, discussed widely about how to strengthen this important space for articulation.
Among the priority issues addressed, three fundamental aspects stand out: guaranteeing security conditions in the Huila territory, strengthening individual and collective productive projects, and combating the stigmatization that the peace signatories still face.
“At this moment we have identified around 550 people in the process of reincorporation, who together with their families are carrying out the tasks of reincorporation, betting on their productive projects, political leadership, community dialogue and obviously looking for ways to access the rights to health, education, housing, etc.,” indicated Leonardo Salcedo, Territorial Deputy Director of the Agency for Reincorporation and Normalization.
The commitments acquired are forceful and range from the strengthening of political reintegration to the joint identification of the needs of the signatory population to combine budgetary efforts in public policies that promote their comprehensive development.
“We have to build those guarantees, obviously there are territories where public order situations make it difficult, there have been institutional breaches in the past towards the peace signatories, but we are with all the will from the Agency for Reincorporation, from the Government National seeking security conditions for the integrity of the lives of the peace signatories, so that threats and violence do not interrupt the reincorporation process” added Leonardo Salcedo.
Comprehensive Security Strategy will allow effective coordination
The Directorate of Security and Citizen Coexistence of the Government Secretariat of Huila, determinedly joined the Departmental Reincorporation Table, thus reaffirming the comprehensive commitment of the departmental government to the reincorporation process of the signatories of the peace agreement.
“The signatories are in a complex situation due to the context that the department and the country are experiencing at the moment, that is where the institutions must be to provide them with support, accompaniment, guidance and advice, so that these associations of signatories of the peace process have the possibility of having physical security and not abandoning their productive projects,” said Oscar España, Technical Director of Security and Citizen Coexistence of the Government of Huila.
The comprehensive strategy that is being outlined will allow effective coordination with all relevant institutions, with the objective of guaranteeing compliance with the commitments acquired in this process of building a stable and lasting peace.
He added that, “from the management and all government agencies involved in these processes, we are committed to achieving tangible results that promote the stability and well-being of all the inhabitants of Huila. It is with concrete actions and close collaboration between the different entities that we will be able to move towards a future of peace and prosperity for our region.”
It is time to stop the violence against peace signatories. The reactivation of the Departmental Reincorporation Board in Huila is a firm step towards building a safer and more prosperous future for all.
