As further proof that the Colombian rebel group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) is making an effort at peace, the leader of the Marxist organization, Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, revealed he ordered his fighters to stop purchasing guns and ammunition in September.

Londono Echeverri, known by his nom de guerre "Timochenko," released this information via Twitter.

FARC, which has been engaged in combat with the Colombian government for over 50 years, has been meeting for peace talks with Colombian leaders in Havana since 2012.

The leftist group and the conservative nation are expected to sign a peace agreement in March.

The consequences of decades of tension between FARC and Colombia have led to an estimated 220,000 deaths.

As reported in Pan Am Post, FARC is demanding to be given seats in Congress.

Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo said the Colombian government feels that FARC’s political participation will be crucial in the coming days.

Colombian leaders are divided on what role, if any, FARC should play in their government.

Alfredo Rangel, a senator for the opposition party, does not think that Colombia should give FARC members congressional seats and went so far as to call the idea unacceptable due to FARC’s history of child recruitment, kidnappings and forced displacements.

Rangel denounced FARC as a terrorist group merely trying to impose a communist regime in Colombia.

Ricardo Urdaneta, a Colombian attorney, also expressed his lack of confidence in the negotiations between FARC and Colombia.

“The peace process is not leading anywhere,” Urdaneta said.

“Even if the FARC were acting in good faith, they don’t have the ability to bring peace to Colombia, not only because they don’t really want to, but especially because they don’t have real control over all their people, so they can’t force them to give up crime.”