00:00Who is the new president of the JEP, the Plenary Chamber of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace?
00:03La Paz elected Magistrate Danilo Alfonso Rojas Betancourt as its new president
00:08Transitional justice for the period from 2026 to 2028. The judge won with 23 votes.
00:1338 votes for the other two candidates, Magistrate Reynere Jaramillo Chaverra and Magistrate
00:19Camilo Suárez Aldana. Judge Danilo Rojas is part of the
00:22Special Tribunal for Peace and will assume office on November 5th when he leaves the presidency
00:26of the JEP, Magistrate Alejandro Ramírez Arteaga, who was in charge of the institution
00:31since November 2024. It was the third time his name had been among the shortlist of judges
00:35for the presidency of the transitional justice system. Judge Reynere Jaramillo received 11 votes.
00:40Judge Camilo Suárez received two votes, and two judges abstained.
00:44Judge Diana María Vega Laguna, who is part of the group, was elected as vice president.
00:49The amnesty or pardon chamber of the transitional justice system. The new president of the JEP
00:53He was a consultant in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
00:58She also worked for the United Nations Development Programme and the Norwegian Council.
01:02for Refugees. She headed the National Directorate of Human Rights at the Ministry
01:06Interior Minister during the government of Andrés Pastrana Arango. In his public pronouncements,
01:11Judge Rojas Betancourt has defended the powers of the JEP and its importance as
01:15part of the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement. He will be responsible for directing,
01:20to coordinate and represent transitional justice, which is going through one of its most difficult moments
01:25due to budget cuts for 2027, which already amount to 181 billion
01:30Colombian pesos. Furthermore, he will face the challenge of rebuilding the hitherto impossible conversation
01:35With the government of President Abelardo de las Priella, what do you think will be the biggest challenge?
01:39important role that the magistrate will assume at the head of the JEP.
