Colombian paramilitaries want Congressional seats

-Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. Right-wing paramilitary groups demanded the Colombian government to grant them congressional seats in exchange for laying down arms. "I have been a politician all my life, and…there isn't any law against having ideas or beliefs,” said Ivan Roberto Duque, the political chief for the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. (AlertNet)

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