These are the Colombians elected to attend Congress for the peace seats

The names of the 16 representatives to the House elected by the Special Transitional Peace Constituencies (Citrep) were finally confirmed, as recently announced by the National Registry of Civil Status and the National Electoral Council (CNE).

Along these lines, after the vote count, the two electoral entities reported the names of those who will occupy the 16 seats that the victims of the armed conflict will have in the Colombian Congress.

It should be noted that the peace seats will represent 16 of the 32 departments of the country, but in which crimes against humanity linked to the armed conflict that plagued the country for more than 50 years occurred. The representatives will look after the victims of Amazonas, Arauca, Boyaca, Bolivar, Caqueta, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, La Guajira, Guainía, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindio, Sucre, Santander, San Andrés, Tolima and Vaupés.

-Circumscription 1: Juan Pablo Salazar Rivera de Asointec.

-Constituency 2: Karen Astrith Manrique Olarte of the Intercultural and Regional Victims Association.

-Circumscription 3: Jhon Jairo González Agudelo of the Association of Displaced Persons of the municipality of Briceño.

-Circumscription 4: Diogenes Quintero Amaya of the Association of Displaced Families of Hacari — Asofadhaca.

-Circumscription 5: Jhon Fredy Núñez Ramos of the Social Equality Foundation.

-Circumscription 6: James Hermenegildo Mosquera Torres of the Mayor Community Council of Novita Cocoman.

-Constituency 7: William Ferney Aljure Martínez de Asocamproariari.

-Circumscription 8: Luis Ramiro Ricardo Buelvas of the Narrar para Vivir Corporation.

-Constituency 9: Naya Orlando Castillo Advincula of the Naya River Community Council.

-District 10: Gerson Lisímaco Montaño Arizala of the South Pacific Community Council Network Corporation- Recompas.

-Circumscription 11: Jhon Fredi Valencia Caicedo of the Los Andes Community Council.

-Circumscription 12: Jorge Rodrigo Tovar Velez of the Peace is Life Association (Pa-Vida).

-Circumscription 13: Juan Carlos Vargas Soler of the Association of Cocoa Producers.

-District 14: Leonor María Palencia Vega of the Agricultural Association Women Victims of Jericho Asomuvij.

-Circumscription 15: Haiver Rincón Gutiérrez of the Nucleo Santiago Pérez Asvicnusaper Victims Association.

-Circumscription 16: Karen Juliana López Salazar from I am Urabá.

Similarly, the Registrar's Office, led by Alexander Vega Rocha, assured that in more than 69% of the country's territories the election of both senators and representatives to the House had already been declared, so that the seats received by the victims were established.

The peace seats were created as part of the signing of the peace agreement between the government of former President Juan Manuel Santos and the former FARC. However, they were regulated under the mandate of today's head of state, Iván Duque.

These constituencies, which were first elected in these elections, would have design flaws linked to the exclusion of municipal capitals, in which many displaced persons from conflict areas live. In addition, according to the electoral authorities, illegal funding of the candidates had been presented and the lack of security guarantees for some of the candidates prevented them from campaigning in some territories, as identified by the European Union Electoral Observation Mission.

On the other hand, since it became known that Jorge Rodrigo Tovar, son of Jorge 40, was elected as representative of the 12th District, which represents the municipalities of Cesar, Magdalena and La Guajira, the victims have expressed their disagreement that the son of one of their greatest perpetrators occupy that place in the Congress of the Republic.

However, with more than 14,900 votes obtained after the legislative elections last Sunday, March 13, Yoyo (as the young man is known) will become the congressman who will represent the victims of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serrania del Perijá in the Congress of the Republic, with Citrep 12.

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