Cuba: Former President Uribe ‘deceived’ Colombians to vote against peace deal – FARC commander Marquez

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Secretariat member and its Caribbean Bloc commander Ivan Marquez gave an interview to RT in Havana, on Saturday, in which he talked about the peace deal between the Colombian government and FARC.
Commenting on why Colombians rejected the agreement reached between the Colombian government and rebels, Marquez underlined that the majority of the people did not participate in the referendum on October 2, and that it’s also necessary to listen to those who did not vote.
Marquez also expressed negative views of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, saying that he organised a campaign which “deceived” many Colombians to vote against the peace deal. Marquez went to on call Velez “the instigator of the strife in Colombia,” adding that “he wants to destroy” the agreement.
Colombian voters rejected the proposed peace deal by 50.24 percent in a referendum on October 2. Despite this, Colombian President Juan Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts in reaching a peace agreement with the FARC rebels.