Government of Colombia and FARC sign definitive peace agreemen

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The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas will sign a definitive peace pact aimed at ending a half-century of confrontation in a small theater in Bogota on Thursday, which was renegotiated to include opposition proposals, AFP news agency reported.

The size of the recently renovated Teatro Colón, which has recently been renovated and can accommodate some 800 people, will mark the low profile of the ceremony in which the agreement will be signed by President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño ( "Timochenko" ).

On this occasion, and following the rejection of the first agreement in a plebiscite on October 2, the guests will be Colombian exponents, legislators, magistrates, victims of the armed conflict and representatives of social organizations.

The size of the ceremony, which will be accessible to the public will be projected on giant screens in Bogotá's Bolivar Square, was criticized by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Guerrilla commander Marcos Calarcá, a member of the peace delegation who negotiated for four years with the Colombian government in Cuba, said that "unfortunately the spaces are limited" in the Colon Theater.

"There are many more people than the 800 people who fit here in the theater, who deserve to be, who want to be, who should be."

In the early hours of the afternoon, and already signed, the text will be taken to Congress, with a majority of the government and where it is expected to be countersigned next week.

Senate President Mauricio Lizcano told reporters on Wednesday that Parliament is ready to "work every day" first on the endorsement of the agreement and then on approval - for the next few months - of all the necessary laws to put it into effect. March.

The decision to endorse the agreement in Congress, taken Tuesday by the FARC and the government, was rejected by those opposed to the pact, led by former president and current Senator Alvaro Uribe.

For the right-wing Democratic Center, Uribe's party, a "blow to democracy" was denied "po[CENSORED]r endorsement of the new agreement.