Colombia’s hard-right president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, on Thursday gave the country’s guerrilla groups one month to surrender, taking a tough stand on an issue that helped propel him to victory.
De la Espriella won Sunday’s tightly fought presidential election by less than a percentage point as Colombia endures its highest levels of violence in a decade.
“To all those acting outside the law, you have one month to arrange your submission,” the millionaire lawyer said in his first speech since official results confirmed his electoral win.
“In my administration, there will be no generous offers or unacceptable concessions like those they received from the regime that is coming to an end,” he added, in reference to the outgoing administration that favoured dialogue with armed groups.
During the campaign, he told AFP he wanted to conduct bombing campaigns against guerrillas and construct “mega-prisons” like those of El Salvador’s President Nayib
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