Support of the Armed Forces to the pacification legislative decrees
The president of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermoza Ríos, publicly expressed his support to the government's pacification legislative decrees, in the midst of the conflict between the Executive and the Congress over these measures.
The president of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Nicolás de Bari Hermoza Ríos, expressed to the government his public support for the pacification strategy embodied in the legislative decrees issued under the powers conferred by Congress. This support took place in a context of confrontation between the Executive Power and the Congress, where the Senate had approved a bill repealing twelve legislative decrees on national pacification promulgated by the Executive Power. The decrees supported by the Armed Forces included regulations on military intervention in areas not declared in emergency and participation in the National Defense System.