From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Proceso 538: News Briefs
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: PACH
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:07:14 GMT

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** Written 10:43 am  Nov 14, 1992 by cidai@huracan.cr in cdp:reg.elsalvador **
From: cidai@huracan.cr (Centro de Informacion Documentacion y Apoyo a la Invest. - UCAJSC)
Subject: Proceso 538: News Briefs

Center for Information, Documentation and Research Support (CIDAI)
Central American University (UCA)
San Salvador, El Salvador
 
PROCESO 538
November 11, 1992
 
NEWS BRIEFS:
 
CHARGES:  National Communications Secretary Ernesto Altschul said
on November 6 that "the extreme left-wing has mounted a campaign of
rumors about coups d'etat in order to discredit the government and
generate a crisis." He said it was "ridiculous and crazy" to speak
of coups within the Armed Forces, because the institution is
committed to fulfilling all the peace accords. Altschul called
statements made in the U.S. by a member of the Ad Hoc Commission
about coup attempts "irresponsible, especially when he has been
charged with a very delicate task." Defense Minister Rene Emilio
Ponce also claimed that a campaign has been launched by Communists
to discredit the Armed Forces and top military leaders, with the
goal of obstructing the peace process. "Setting up clear enemies of
peace can only be part of the conspiratorial plans of the left-wing
politicians who, when this country returns to normal, will see
their economic privileges, travel and other accustomed 'bargains'
endangered," said the military chief.
 
LEGISLATURE:  The Legislative Assembly agreed to speed up the
process of passing laws related to aspects of the peace process.
The Democratic Convergence proposed a schedule to pass ten related
laws by December 19. The proposal received the support of all
parties, and included a motion to hold extraordinary sessions once
a week in order to speed up passage of the laws.
 
EL MOZOTE:  The Attorney General's office reported that it has
assigned seven prosecutors to the investigation underway to clear
up the El Mozote massacre of December 1981. The prosecutors are on
the staff of the Public Defender's Office for Human Rights. The
head of this office, Carlos Mauricio Fonseca, also visited the site
where the remains of the massacre's victims are being exhumed,
where he said: "here we are investigating the massification of
violations of the right to life, and given the level of national
and international concern about the case, we are intervening as
Legal Auditors on the basis of our legal right to do so."
 
COMMUNIQUE:  The Armed Forces High Command, in a communique
published November 7, denied recent rumors of a coup arising from
statements made by a former member of the Ad Hoc Commission,
Eduardo Molina Olivares, and reiterated its support for the
Cristiani government. "The Armed Forces is a permanent institution
at the service of the nation, and is subordinated to the authority
of the President of the Republic, as Commander-in-Chief, and as
such, is an obedient, professional, apolitical and non-deliberative
institution," said the communique. The High Command also denied
that the Ad Hoc Commission report had produced any discontent
within the Armed Forces.
 

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