Betancourt: Reconciliation is important for Colombia
Ingrid Betancourt was running for president 20 years ago when she was captured by Farc guerrillas and held captive in the jungle for more than six years.
Now she is running again promising a war on corruption.
She told Stephen Sackur on 91热爆 Hardtalk she wants to understand her abductors and what motivated them to have such inhuman behaviour.
鈥淗ow could a human chain another to a tree for six years? How could they be abusive? How could they humiliate everyone that were under their custody and enslave them and torture them and starve them?鈥� Ms Betancourt said.
The presidential candidate is also calling for reconciliation saying she believes in human beings and thinks it is important for Colombia.
Farc rebels signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 and subsequently entered parliament. Some splinter groups still remain at war with the central government.
More than 20 candidates have already declared their intention to run in the presidential election in May.
