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EL TIEMPO: FARC rebels state conditions for bilateral truce
[NOTE: Text of report by Colombian newspaper 'El Tiempo'
of communique issued by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [FARC].
-DG]
EL TIEMPO [Bogota]
Tuesday, 16 November 1999
FARC rebels state conditions for bilateral truce
To national and international
public opinion:
1.In the Colombian conflict
there are only two parties: the state with its security forces and paramilitaries,
responsible for the government-sponsored dirty war against the people and
its organizations, including the guerrilla movement led by the FARC-People's
Army.
2. The 30-day truce to commemorate
the year-end's festivities also means, in addition to silencing the state
rifles, the national government's commitment:
* Not to tax the poor with
more taxes. * No more increases in the prices of products in the family
basket. * Fair readjustment of the minimum wage. * Solution of serious
hospital and educational problems. * Meeting the aspirations of workers
who demand specific solutions, such as energy sector workers, lorry drivers,
teachers and the residents of the Colombian central massif. * Provide a
state subsidy to the unemployed beginning in January of the year 2000,
in accordance with DANE [National Administrative Department of Statistics]
statistics. * Responsible solutions for the theft perpetrated by the financial
system against UPAC [Units of Constant Purchasing Power] users. * Guarantee
the return of displaced persons with full guarantees by 15th December.
* Show the dignity of the fatherland and not approve the extradition of
fellow countrymen.
3. The national government
must cancel the shameless US government military intervention in our country.
This only deals with the most urgent problems.
4. If the president of the
Republic, representing the state, would cease offensive actions against
the Colombian people, if he would pledge to resolve the serious problems
that have been outlined, and guarantee that after the cease-fire period
ends there will be no return to death-by-contract for more defenceless
citizens, we would agree to a bilateral truce.
[Signed] Manuel Marulanda, Alfonso Cano, Raul Reyes, Timoleon Jimenez,
Ivan Marquez, Jorge Briceno, Efrain Guzman.
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