Colombia's 'No' Campaign Request for Meeting Delay Tactic: FARC

Representatives of the "No" campaign in Colombia expressed new objections to the peace deal and asked to meet with members of the secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, officials said.

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However, FARC leader Rodrigo Granda said that the meeting request was only a right-wing maneuver to further delay the implementation of the peace agreement, which is in limbo, and according to the two signing parties, “very fragile.”

Meanwhile, Pablo Catatumbo, a member of the FARC secretariat, lashed out on Twitter against former President Alvaro Uribe, a fierce opponent of peace, whom he blamed for bloodshed during his 8-year administration.

The deal remains in suspense and needs to be passed by Colombia's Congress after an agreement was finalized by the two sides on Nov. 12.

The government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC first reached a peace agreement in September, however the deal was rejected by a narrow margin in a plebiscite on Oct. 2.