Petro, urging the demobilization of armed groups: "Better to have a woman embraced than the cold gun in bed"

MADRID, 17 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has called this Friday for the demobilization of the armed groups in the country, alleging that "it is better to have a woman embraced than a cold gun in bed."

During an intervention after meeting with peasant and coca-growing organizations to rethink the country's drug policy, the Colombian president sent a message to the armed groups assuring that it is time to end the armed conflict, as reported by Blu Radio.

"Because of the coldness of the metal, of the rifle, they hugged him as if he were the woman. The rifle is not good for that, I can assure you. It is better to have the woman embraced than the cold rifle in bed," said Petro, who He was a member of the M-19 guerrilla group as a young man.

Meanwhile, the president of Colombia has stated that the Government will provide financing to 100,000 young people from vulnerable areas of the country so that they can be "spokespersons for peace", an item that will come from the proceeds of the new tax reform, according to the aforementioned station. .

Likewise, it has announced in Catacumbo, one of the regions with the highest coca production in Colombia, a strategy that allows the substitution of illicit crops and protects them from "enduring hunger."