Colombia’s draft counterterrorist statute “creates foundations of dictatorial and inquisitorial regime:” opposition : President Abelardo de la Espriella’s antiterrorist statute would criminalize political opposition, social movements, and social protest, and essentially form a dictatorial regime, said opposition leader Ivan Cepeda on Wednesday. In a video, Cepeda said that the true purpose of the bill that was leaked earlier seeks “to advance in the formation of essentially a dictatorial regime,.. which, moreover, has such a regime prostrate to drug trafficking.” “The true objectives of this statute are to wage a crusade against the political opposition, social movements, and social protest, which is a legitimate right of citizens,” said the Senator of the Historic Pact party. “Most of the articles in this draft are devoted to provisions that seriously undermine civil liberties, human rights, and the right to protest—not to illegal armed groups,’ according to Cepeda. Th...