Interview Senator John Sudarsky, part 5

Senator John Sudarsky spoke to Colombia Politics about democracy, Colombia´s political system, the challenges the country faces, the peace talks with the FARC, and his proposed reform to the electoral process.

This is the fifth and penultimate extract from the interview, where Senator Sudarsky talks about his view on the prospects for the Government FARC peace process, ways to end narcotrafficking and the war on drugs, and rural development.

Key quotes

“If you are able to take the business out of drug consumption…like it has been done with morphine… this will help finish up the rural problems of Colombia.

“In England the advance from a rural to urbanized world took 2 centuries, 8 generations…In Colombia this process is being compressed into 3 generations”

Thanks to Notedije Producciones for filming and editing the interview.