On November 13, 2025, Democratic Center presidential candidate and senator Paloma Valencia filed a complaint with the Council of State aimed at annuling the legal status of both historical agreements granted by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
“We demand the legal status of the Historical Progress Agreement. The law is clear. We cannot take these decisions until all CNE sanctions processes are completed. We hope that the Council of State will rule favorably on this request,” Valencia said on his social networks.
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The reaction from President of the Republic Gustavo Petro was immediate. He defended the legitimacy of his party’s legal status under a 2016 peace agreement with the defunct FARC, under which the Colombian state was charged with promoting popular political participation.
Petro said on his X account: “Since the peace agreement between Santos and Farc became a state declaration, no roads have been opened. “Reliance on traditional norms regarding people’s political participation without reference to higher laws such as laws, constitutions, and national declarations is already in violation of international norms (sic).”
The president considered the lawsuit brought by Valencia to be a violation of what was agreed in the agreement and of the rights of the ideological group he represents. “Those who don’t want peace are looking for these arguments that violate the peace agreement. They don’t know what a declaration of state in the UN Security Council looks like,” Petro said.
Heads of state went further, questioning the actions of the United Nations Security Council and the influence of the United States in abolishing the oversight body known as the Court of Truth authorized by the peace agreement.
“For the same reasons as me, it is very serious that the members of the United Nations Security Council have listened to the U.S. ambassador rather than the Colombian government, more or less eliminating oversight,” Petro said.the recognition of a truth tribunal in the peace agreement: immense fear of opposition to truth due to its association with narco-paramilitarism, and fear of international justice in the United States (sic).”.
The lawmaker’s response did not take long to arrive, as she refuted the arguments presented by the Colombian ruler on social networks.
In that sense, he pointed out that proposing reforms to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) to facilitate access to justice for Colombians does not violate the extinct agreement with the FARC. He also pointed out that his proposal also aims to prevent a repeat of violence in the country.
“Mr. President, I really don’t understand. Who are the people who don’t want peace?” We will develop concrete proposals to reform the JEP so that we can achieve true justice and ensure that it never happens again,” Valencia said.
Similarly, he reminded heads of state that during his three years in power, he has been unable to reduce the power of illegal armed groups such as FARC dissidents and the National Liberation Army (ELN).
“The current government has been unable to stop the continued increase in violence, the killing of social leaders, the growth of armed groups, and the increase in cocaine production. If we want peace, we have to hide it very well,” the lawmaker concluded.
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