Uncertainty, Peace Agreements, and Public Participation in Colombia

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Who would vote against a peace agreement? This might sound like a tricky question, but in fact Colombians went to the polls today and rejected peace agreements reached by the FARC-EP and the Colombian government. The agreements emerged after a process that took more than four years of negotiations, and in spite of the international approval and support, the accord lacked support from its own constituents. Colombia's "no" vote emerges although the agreement followed the highest transitional justice standards, included innovations such as a transversal gender perspectives, the respect and recognition of minorities, and the hope it brought to various sectors of the Colombian society.