Objectives
It has been stated that this policy seeks to achieve the following objectives, among others:
- Consolidate State control throughout Colombia to deny sanctuary to terrorists and perpetrators of violence.
- Protect the population through the increase of State presence and a reduction in violence.
- Destroy the illegal drug trade in Colombia to eliminate the revenues which finance terrorism and generate corruption and crime
- Transparently and efficiently manage resources as a means to reform and improve the performance of government.
Several of theses objectives stem from a belief in that the Colombian government should protect Colombian society from the effects of terrorism and the illegal drug trade, and in turn society as a whole should have a more active and comprehensive role in the government's struggle against illegal armed groups such as the FARC and ELN guerrillas or the paramilitary AUC, in order to ensure the defense and continued existence of the opportunity for both leftwing and rightwing political parties to engage in free and open debate, along with all the other aspects of democratic life.
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“Along the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every vocation is chosen and entered upon as a means to a purpose but is ultimately continued as a final purpose in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent stupidity in which we indulge ourselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)