Bogotá.- Thus it was pronounced in a press conference from the seat of the party Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC)after leaving the bunker of the local public prosecutor's office, when the Supreme Court of Justice ordered his freedom.

"My main purpose is to fight from any scenario, including Congress, to push forward the Peace Agreement and other projects that are necessary to overcome the misery, inequality and political exclusion in this country," said the ex-combatant.

About the time he would go to take office as a legislator, Santrich said it depends on complying with formalities of the parliament body, which is being occupied by his party to see when and in what way it will proceed.

The former guerrilla commander stressed his "irreductible commitment to the Peace Agreement, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the High Courts."

In relation to the drug trafficking charges brought against him by the United States and the Colombian prosecutor's office, he emphasized: "I said it at some point and I ratify it now: more cocaine has passed through the noses of those who accuse me than by my hands."

He insisted that between the DEA (Anti-Drug Agency of the United States) and the Colombian prosecutor's office, a vile assembly was fabricated to incriminate him and damage the peace process.

He said that it is necessary to add wills and gather affection to defeat all the hatred that eats the enemies of peace and prevents reconciliation in the country.

He said he dreams of peace with social justice in Colombia, with housing, with bread, with land for the peasants and an opportunity for the dispossessed.

Finally, he thanked his party, the social organizations and solidarity groups that believed in him and fought for his freedom and the international community, mainly the United Nations, for his defense of the implementation of the Peace Agreement. (PL)

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