The Central General Staff (EMC), a dissident faction of Colombia's former FARC guerrillas led by the country's most wanted rebel commander, Iván Mordisco, has announced a ceasefire spanning May 20 to June 10 to cover the presidential election on May 31. The group, which rejected the 2016 peace agreement and is considered a key driver of Colombia's worst security crisis in a decade, said it is suspending offensive military operations to allow citizens to vote freely. The announcement comes amid a deeply volatile electoral climate in which candidates have faced assassination attempts and death threats, underscoring how far Colombia remains from the "total peace" sought by outgoing President Gustavo Petro, himself a former guerrilla.