Abstract

CELEMIN CAICEDO, Yenny Andrea  and  GARCIA, Sergio Javier. Political Eligibility and Peace Processes: An Analysis Based on the Colombian Case. Díkaion [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.1, pp.117-145. ISSN 0120-8942.  https://doi.org/10.5294/dika.2019.28.1.5.

The Peace Agreement signed between the Colombian state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, from its initials in Spanish) has redefined one of the more stable grounds for disqualification to be elected as a representative in Colombia. This disqualification system prevents individuals who have been subject to prison sentences for committing crimes other than political or negligent crimes from being elected. However, due to the Peace Agreement and the regulations to implement it, former combatants and other actors of the process have been empowered to exercise active suffrage. This modification is part of the power-sharing arrangements that derived from this negotiation process. This paper aims to describe and analyze these modifications and to highlight some of the interpretive problems produced by these changes.

Keywords : Political eligibility; ineligibility based on criminal records; Colombian´s Peace Agreement, power-sharing agreements.

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