哥倫比亞總統延長與反政府武裝的停火

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he agreed to extend a cease-fire deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in hopes of reviving a failed peace accord.

The original cease-fire agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC was due to expire at the end of October, but will now extend through the end of the year.

Voters narrowly rejected the deal with 50.2 against, or by a margin of just 54,000 votes. The result came as a shock to Colombian leaders as public opinion polls leading up to the vote forecast the referendum would pass by a two-to-one margin.

Santos is engaged in ongoing negotiations with FARC representatives and opposition politicians to strike a new peace deal, though expectations for a deal remain low because FARC leaders refuse to budge on the already-signed peace accord and opponents say the rebels need to accept tougher terms.

Many "no" voters were genuinely offended that nearly all FARC rebels will avoid prison time for crimes allegedly committed during the uprising and get various financial support from the government.哥倫比亞總統桑托斯星期四說，他同意延長與哥倫比亞革命武裝力量的停火協議，希望挽回遭遇挫敗的和平協議。

雙方最初的停火協議將在10月到期，現在要延長到年底。

哥倫比亞選民50.2%的反對票，即僅五萬四千張選票的微弱優勢推翻了和平協議。這個結果令哥倫比亞領導人感到意外，因爲投票前的民調顯示，公投將以二比一的優勢通過。

桑托斯總統正設法與哥倫比亞革命武裝力量代表和反對派政界領袖商談新的和平協議，但人們對新協議的期待不高，因爲哥倫比亞革命武裝力量不願意在原來的協議基礎上讓步，而反對派則表示，哥倫比亞革命武裝力量需要接受更爲苛刻的條件。

在全民公決中投反對票的民衆對協議感到不滿，因爲幾乎所有哥倫比亞革命武裝力量成員都不用爲據信在反叛行動中犯下的罪行承擔牢獄之苦，而且還能得到政府的各種經濟資助。