Colombia's cabinet resigned to prepare for peace talks: Reports .
Colombia's cabinet resigned to prepare for peace talks: Reports .
Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:38 Adriaan Alsema
Several Colombian media asserted Thursday that the unexpected and voluntary resignation of the government's entire cabinet has everything to do with President Juan Manuel Santos' plans to broker a peace deal with the FARC.
According to newspaper El Tiempo, "the head of state may use this circumstance to make important announcements and generate new tools that allow him to freely search a negotiated end of the conflict."
Several media reported that one of Santos' new ministers would be veteran Liberal Party politician Horacio Serpa, "whose experience with dialogue processes with the guerrillas wouldn't go to waste," Caracol Radio asserted.
According to the radio station, the "key to peace" that Santos has said to have "is about to come out of his pocket."
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