00:00On the afternoon of Sunday, November 1, the former president of the National Assembly passed away.
00:04Constituent Assembly member Antonio Navarro Wolff. This was confirmed by his family in a short statement.
00:08a statement in which they reported that his death, at the age of 78, occurred at approximately 2:42 a.m.
00:14p.m.
00:15We appreciate all the expressions of affection and solidarity at this time of profound
00:19Shock. Accompanying the message about his passing.
00:22Navarro had a long political career and was a key player in the construction
00:26of the 1991 Constitution, which still governs in Colombia. He went from being one of the commanders
00:32From M19 to candidate for mayor of Cali, presidential candidate, Minister of Health,
00:37head of the list of the M19 Democratic Alliance for the Constituent Assembly and one of the members
00:42of the triumvirate that presided over the National Constituent Assembly.
00:45Until the last days of his life he was active in politics, being
00:49co-president of the Green Party, a group he was a member of for more than a decade.
00:53He was born on July 9, 1948, in Pasto, Nariño. From a young age, he showed an affinity for the social sectors.
00:59social and in the 1970s he had his first contact with the M19 movement.
01:05Simultaneously, he pursued his studies as a sanitary engineer at the University of Valle and
01:09He specialized as an environmental engineer in England.
01:11After that, he joined the M19, in which he remained until the late 1990s, when he became one
01:16of the key actors for the peace process of this organization.
01:19He surrendered his weapons in a negotiation that became the first agreement of its kind in Latin America.
01:24between a State and a guerrilla group, and he risked everything for peace after the assassination of Carlos Pizarro.
01:29That desire for peace was what led Navarro and the M19 to the Constituent Assembly.
01:33Laying down his weapons and fulfilling his peace commitment brought Navarro great recognition.
01:38which allowed him to lead the list of the M19 Democratic Alliance and have one of the votes
01:43highest of the entire Constituent Assembly.
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