The commission for the Design and Monitoring of a Policy of Peace, Collective Reparations and National Reconciliation (CMAN) has asked the Peruvian government for a budget increase of US$15mn to provide compensation to those affected by violence in the conflict that took place between 1980 and 2000.

CMANs perseverance has paid off and members of the commission, led by Jaime Urrutia, say that President Toledo has renewed interest in the subject of reparations.

CMAN request that money be handed over to more than 246,000 people in 8 departments, 35 provinces, 129 districts and 562 communities and have requested an additional US$19mn for 2006. Urrutia said “I believe the process of reparations should last around 10 years” and that a registry of victims is urgently required.