“What was positive from the experience of the encounter between victims, ex-combatants, and people from the community was that they hadn’t thought about the theme of reconciliation before and they ended up feeling they were entitled to it.  And a little bit as well, they told me, that here there’s a problem because there isn’t the presence of the state, there isn’t administration, there aren’t people responsible for the violence, they aren’t supported, they aren’t seen.  So, what was positive, we’ll say, was that it was stimulating for everyone there as hope for the future, and there were many, around 200.  On the other hand, there were complaints that there were people missing, especially the government and the business sector, who are always absent from these kinds of matters.”

Translated by author from http://conciudadania.org/2009/06/accion-colectiva-para-la-reconciliacion/