Esmad, seguridad y posacuerdo: perspectivas sobre la protesta en Colombia

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the role of the Anti Riots Mobile Squad (Esmad in its Spanish initials) in the Colombian postagreement. Considering the scenario of a demobilized FARC, civic and social demonstrations have become one of the main mechanisms for processing conflicts and demanding compliance with their constitutional obligations to the government. In this context is where some questioning towards the Esmad and the social transition towards the post-agreement emerges. For this purpose, this article is performed under the institutionalist approach of the political theory through a qualitative and document-oriented research approach and an interpretative level, with aims towards analyzing the role this squad is going to perform in the post-agreement. The Havana peace agreements, the politic control debates regarding this matters in the Colombian Congress, the research works from the Popular Education research Center (Cinep in Spanish) and some theories and conflict-analysis made by experts such as Ariel Ávila, Francisco Leal Buitrago and Edwin Cruz Rodríguez are considered in this document. Finally, some conclusions about a desirable future for the Anti-riot forces in the Colombian post-agreement are shared.