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"Mr President, I asked for the floor on the basis of Rule 145 of the Rules of Procedure on personal comments. In my intervention, I said that the FARC guerrillas had taken 6 000 people hostage over the last few years: politicians, civilians, and soldiers, many of whom are sick, are being held hostage in the jungle in sub-human conditions and experiencing great suffering and deprivation.
I said that the FARC guerrillas were holding a lot of hostages and I am in a good position to know this, because when President Pastrana sat down to negotiate, I met Mr Marulanda together with other MEPs to appeal for the release of certain European Union hostages. I am sure everyone is aware of these facts, and my comment was that ignorance and bad faith would be the only reasons for not taking these facts into account.
Mr President, in my speech, I called on the government to assume its responsibilities, saying it could do more, and better, even though it has already done a great deal. This in turn would shift the burden of proof back onto those who are demanding ransoms, taking hostages and blackmailing Colombian society."@en1
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