Ms Mariela Kohon:

Yes, there have been concerns. In May, there was a report in The New York Timesthat highlighted a return to combat and pressure on soldiers to report wins in combat. In the past, those incentives under the Uribe administration led to the extrajudicial scandal, whereby thousands of civilians were murdered by soldiers and presented as though they were guerrillas killed in combat and the soldiers received promotions and bonuses in reward. There was a big scandal about this. I understand the Minister for defence took back some of the orders and reformed some of them but there are still some that are concerning. This particular general had been implicated in some of those crimes. There was a lot of concern about his promotion and the opposition parties tried to block it in congress. It is very concerning. The doctrine in the military of the internal enemy and the enemy of the state was discussed a lot during the peace talks, with regard to having to change the culture and the army becoming the protector of the people.