During his electoral campaign, Mr. Uribe, as a mainstay of his programme, had emphasized what he referred to as “a policy of democratic security”, based chiefly on confronting the insurgency with the military power of the State.
Pendant sa campagne, M. Uribe avait placé au centre de son programme, ce qu'il appelait «une politique de sécurité démocratique» basée principalement sur la mobilisation de l'appareil militaire de l'État pour affronter la rébellion.