Towards a Post-conflict Economy
| Autor | Joan Miguel Tejedor Estupiñán |
| Cargo | Has a degree in Economics and an MA in Human Rights, and is the editor of the Journal of Finance and Economic Policy, at Universidad Católica de Colombia |
| Páginas | 15-18 |
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EDITORIAL
Towards a Post-conflict Economy
Joan Miguel Tejedor Estupiñán*
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After four years of negotiations between the Colombian government and the guerrilla of the Revolutio-
nary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP for its acronym in Spanish), from Havana, Cuba,
on August 24, 2016, representatives of Cuba and Norway, guarantor countries, together with the ne-
gotiating parties, issued a joint communication in which they announced to the Colombian people and
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Congress of the Republic and then submitted to a referendum on October 2, 2016, so that the Colombian
This narrow margin of victory for those who represented the opposition to the agreement in
Havana left a clear message: a political defeat for the government and image of President Juan Manuel
Santos Calderón and many doubts about the legitimacy of the democratic system in Colombia. In the
midst of a campaign full of controversy and on a card that only gave two options, 86,000 people did
not mark any answer, and another 170,000 people made their vote invalid, while the abstention of
(Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil, 2016).
After numerous tensions between the parties, these results led to the resumption of dialogues,
but now including the opposition party, with the purpose of reaching a new agreement in which some
points should be reconsidered, as the opposition argued that there was a risk for the democratic institu-
legitimacy (Centro Democrático, 2015), even though this was considered to be one of the most complete
agreements, inspired by peace processes in Ireland and South Africa. Despite his political defeat in the
* Joan Miguel Tejedor Estupiñán has a degree in Economics and an MA in Human Rights, and is the editor of the
Journal of Finance and Economic Policy, at Universidad Católica de Colombia. Correspondence address: Facultad
ucatólica.edu.co.
1 The six points negotiated in the agreement included: (1) comprehensive rural reform; (2) political participa-
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