After the last four months major achievements in Colombia in dealing with the past crimes of the military, the new left-wing government now has to deal with the Armed Forces' and defence sector's reluctance to see extrajudicial executions as either systematic or widespread, as the country's transitional justice has concluded.
Gustavo Petro’s opponents worry he’ll try to concentrate power, but public frustration due to unrealistic expectations are more likely to stall his agenda.
The left-wing leader was for a long time one of the greatest opponents of the Armed Forces of his country. The tension between Gustavo Petro and the military does not seem to be the best, even though he is the new "Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces"