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JEP to announce close to 20 indictments before December 15

Danilo Rojas announced close to 20 new indictments in the macro-cases before December 15, despite a cut of 170,000 million pesos, alongside an austerity plan…

--- The context --- Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace is entering a decisive stage. After work begun in 2018, built on dialogic procedures, accounts and testimony, the tribunal is moving toward more visible results, with a far tighter financial setting. --- The facts --- Danilo Rojas, president of the JEP, announced close to 20 new indictments in the macro-cases before December 15. The Recognition Chamber is following a timetable with decisions in all the macro-cases, despite a cut of 170,000 million pesos ordered by the government. The announcement coincides with summonses of former members of the Farc secretariat over the recruitment of 18,677 girls and boys, and with decisions on the donkey-bomb attack in Chalán, Sucre. Rojas attributed this moment to a harvest of results from years of cross-checking evidence. --- The positions --- Rojas said, in statements reported by the press, that the decisions are not a reaction to the cut or to criticism. He acknowledged a paradox: more results must come with fewer resources, but assured the adjustment will not affect the essential mandate or central judicial activity. --- What remains unknown --- Austerity includes moving the Bogotá headquarters, at Calle 64 with Carrera Séptima, from close to 15,000 square meters to a property of close to 4,200 square meters, saving close to 26,000 million pesos a year. Virtual work will become the rule and workstations will rotate. There will also be an 85% cut in service-provision contracts, with savings of between 83,000 and 85,000 million pesos. It remains to be seen how the move will be organized and how team continuity will be guaranteed. --- Unanswered questions --- Will the close to 20 indictments arrive before December 15 across all the macro-cases? How will central judicial activity be protected while contracts and space shrink? Will the move and virtual work absorb the cut without delaying decisions? --- EPM analysis --- The sequence combines judicial output and administrative contraction. If decisions arrive with solid support, they will show that prolonged cross-checking produces concrete consequences. If the reorganization weakens follow-up, the debate will shift from the announcement to the quality and timeliness of each indictment. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the announcement matters because it tests the central promise of transitional justice: turning years of listening and cross-checking into verifiable decisions without sacrificing victims in the adjustment. If the Recognition Chamber meets its timetable and austerity leaves judicial work fully intact, the JEP will gain legitimacy at a demanding moment. If the cut erodes teams and follow-up, the cost will be measured in truth, reparation and public trust in the peace framework.
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