IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 252 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States 
should actively support the aspirations of the democratic political and 
social forces in the Republic of Nicaragua toward an immediate and 
full restoration of functioning democracy in that country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. 
WELLER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. MACK, and Mr. ROHRABACHER) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of 
the United States should actively support the aspirations 
of the democratic political and social forces in the Repub-
lic of Nicaragua toward an immediate and full restora-
tion of functioning democracy in that country. 
Whereas the United States is strongly committed to pro-
moting freedom, democracy, and the rule of law; 
Whereas the Charter of the Organization of American States, 
of which the United States and Nicaragua are Member 
States, stipulates that ‘‘[t]he peoples of the Americas 
have a right to democracy and their governments have an 
obligation to promote and defend it’’;
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Whereas after experiencing a quarter century ago a revolu-
tion, loss of personal liberties, destruction of property, 
and economic instability, the people of Nicaragua are 
building a democratic form of government; 
Whereas jailed ex-President Arnoldo Aleman and Sandinista 
Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega have en-
tered into an agreement widely known throughout Nica-
ragua as the ‘‘Pact’’, to control the National Assembly in 
order to exploit its legislative powers to undermine the 
Nicaraguan Constitution, the Presidency of Enrique 
Bolanos, and all institutions of representative democratic 
governance; 
Whereas Pactist politicians currently control and dominate 
the Supreme Court, the Electoral Council, the Comptrol-
ler’s office, and the Human Rights ombudsman’s office; 
and 
Whereas polls indicate that an overwhelming percentage of 
Nicaraguans oppose the Aleman-Ortega Pact, and tens of 
thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets in the past 
year to call for an end to the Pact: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That— 
(1) Congress— 
(A) strongly condemns the Aleman-Ortega 
Pact as detrimental to democracy in the Repub-
lic of Nicaragua, the future of democracy in 
Nicaragua, and the stability of the entire re-
gion;
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(B) strongly condemns constitutional re-
forms passed by the Pact-controlled National 
Assembly that stripped important executive 
branch authorities from the Nicaraguan presi-
dency; 
(C) strongly condemns the Pact-controlled 
National Assembly’s actions to stack the Nica-
raguan Supreme Court with Pact loyalists, 
some of whom have had their United States 
visas revoked on the ground of corruption; 
(D) strongly condemns the Pact-controlled 
National Assembly’s efforts to remove demo-
cratically-elected President Enrique Bolanos on 
dubious legal grounds; 
(E) strongly condemns the Pact-controlled 
National Assembly’s attempts to remove from 
office senior officials of the executive branch on 
dubious legal grounds; and 
(F) supports the efforts of Nicaraguan 
democratic civil society to create the necessary 
conditions for free and fair elections; and 
(2) it is the sense of Congress that— 
(A) it should be the policy of the United 
States to actively support the aspirations of the 
democratic political forces in Nicaragua for a
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full restoration of democracy and the rule of 
law in Nicaragua, headed by leaders who are 
committed to democracy and who deserve the 
trust of the Nicaraguan people; 
(B) it should be the policy of the United 
States to work with the international commu-
nity, including the Organization of American 
States, to assist democratic forces in Nicaragua 
to restore full democracy to their country; 
(C) it should be the policy of the United 
States to oppose all political elements that con-
tinue to subvert Nicaraguan democracy; 
(D) it is critical that the 2006 elections in 
Nicaragua are free and fair and provide the 
winner of the election a clear mandate to gov-
ern the country; and 
(E) the President of the United States, 
acting through the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, 
should provide assistance grants to nongovern-
mental organizations in support of President 
Bolanos’ call for the international community to 
assist in and monitor the 2006 election process 
in order to ensure the integrity of the process. 
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