La discreta labor del Congreso de Colombia en el arranque de tres procesos de paz (1958, 1991, 2016)

This article historically examines the performance of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia in the initial implementation of three peace processes- National Front (1958), Constituent Assembly of 1991, and Havana Peace Agreement (2016). Under the shadow of emergency times, the transition towards peace has yielded a democratic deficit evidenced by the weakness and lag of the Congress when starting the implementation of these three peace initiatives. This, from the outset, has hindered the proper representa­tion and participation of conflicting actors as well as the exercise of their rights. While this trend, to the detriment of the Congress and in favor of the Government, has moderated in recent years, there is still a long way to go for the democratic principle embodied by the legislature to be fully respected.