Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-01-Speech-1-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030901.4.1-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-01-Speech-1-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Alain Lipietz2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, many of you have heard of Ingrid Betancourt, representative of Colombia’s Green Party, whose relatives have visited this House on several occasions. It is now a year and a half since she was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The position of the family and the Colombian Green Party, as well as the European Parliament’s Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, has been to encourage a humanitarian exchange, whilst criticising FARC and saying that it is unacceptable to propose a political exchange. Yesterday, the Colombian press received a cassette containing a threefold message from Ingrid Betancourt: firstly, if you want to mount a military operation in order to set me free then go ahead, but be careful! Secondly, humanitarian exchanges can only take place between armies and thirdly, as far as we are concerned – we, the politicians who have been kidnapped – only FARC can give us an unconditional release. I believe that this message, surprising as it is, can be explained both by the extreme courage of Ingrid Betancourt on the one hand, who does not hesitate to take risks in the name of her political principles and, on the other, by FARC’s desire to show that they are prepared to allow their prisoner to appeal to public opinion, even if only to say ‘attack us!’ What I would ask, ladies and gentlemen, Mr President, is that we give firm support to Ingrid Betancourt’s third proposal, which is to clearly ask FARC to release all their political prisoners unilaterally, because it is unacceptable to take negotiators or representatives of the people hostage."@en1

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