Melel News Synthesis: 5/26 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Originally published in Spanish by Melel Xojobal Translated by irlandesa Wednesday, May 26, 1999 13:22:53 -0500 Press Synthesis Wednesday, May 26, 1999 ************************************ RELIGION ************************************ La Jornada. PRIESTS ASK FOR RESPECT FOR INDIAN RIGHTS. At the meeting of the Dioceses of Chiapas and Tabasco, held in Villahermosa this Monday and Tuesday, priests and bishops said there should be justice and respect for the rights of the Indian peoples. In front of 200 priests, the Bishop of Tabasco asked that Don Samuel's example be followed, in defense of the indigenous, and he added that without justice a true peace cannot be achieved. All the bishops of Chiapas were at the meeting, except the Bishop of Tapachula, who went to Colombia in order to take over as the new Secretary of the Latin American Episcopal Council. ************************************ ELECTORAL ************************************ Diario de Yucatan. GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED RESIGNATIONS OF RABASA AND SOLIS CAMARA. The Department of Government announced that resignations have already been accepted from Emilio Rabasa, who was the government representative for dialogue in Chiapas, and from Fernando Solis Camara, who headed the National Immigration Institute. They explained that they have still not accepted resignations from other officials of this department who will be joining Francisco Labastida's campaign, the same as Rabasa and Solis Camara. ************************************* AUTONOMIAS ************************************* Diario de Yucatan. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ASKED TO LEGISLATE ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND CULTURE. During an Assembly held in the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City, Guatemalan legislator Leonardo Macario Gonzalez, President of the Indigenous Parliament of America, called on Latin American countries that have still not legislated rights of indigenous peoples to do so as soon as possible in order to avoid the social problems that arise from ethnic diversity. ************************************ REDISTRICTING ************************************ Cuarto Poder. A NEW STATE REDISTRICTING PACKAGE BEING PREPARED. The President of the Redistricting Commission, Noe Castanon Leon, reported he is preparing a second package of proposals creating new municipalities. He explained that there are plans for the municipal seats of the new municipalities to be located in the communities of Lacandonia, Abasolo, Taniperla, San Quintin, El Censo and Patihitz, located in Ocosingo; Amparo Aguatinta, in Las Margaritas; El Limar, in Tila; Cristobal Obregon, Villaflores and El Parral, in Villacorzo. ************************************* COMMUNITY CONFLICTS ************************************* Cuarto Poder. THERE WILL BE NO ARRESTS IN NICOLAS RUIZ WHILE DIALOGUE IS GOING ON. After a first meeting between the parties in conflict, the State Attorney General's Office reported that no arrest warrants would be executed against authorities in Nicolas Ruiz, while PRD's and PRI's there are settling their differences. They added that the arrest warrants will not be cancelled, and, if the two groups do not reach an agreement, the law will be enforced. ************************************* Cuarto Poder. PROCAMPA AID TO NICOLAS RUIZ CAMPESINOS WILL BE CANCELLED. The municipal government of Nicolas Ruiz denounced that the State Secretary of Agriculture is exerting political repression against 500 PRD campesinos there, who had their Procampo aid delivery cancelled. They explained that only the PRI's have received the aid for their crops. They added that, without the Procampo resources, the PRD's would not be able to work thousands of hectares of beans and maize. ************************************ JUSTICE ************************************ Cuarto Poder. NEW INSIDE REPRESENTATIVES FOR CERRO HUECO NAMED. The outside representative for The Voice of Cerro Hueco, Artemio Ramirez, reported that this organization of political prisoners - with a presence in several jails in Chiapas - named new inside leaders. The new representatives are: Juan Maria Sanchez Castro, at the Cerro Hueco Jail; Jesus Lopez Lopez, in Yajalon; Juan Carlos Gutierrez Sanchez, in San Cristobal; Arturo Gomez, in Comitan; Armando Jimenez, in Villaflores; and Eduardo Vazquez, in Tacotalpa. *********************************** Cuarto Poder. RESIGNATION OF 2 SAN CRISTOBAL COUNCILPERSONS SOUGHT FOR ATTACK ON LEGISLATORS. The town council of the municipality of San Crist=F3bal decided to dismiss the two councilpersons who participated in the attack against participants in the forum called by the opposition to analyze the state indigenous legislative proposal. They added that, in the case of Mayor Mariano Diaz - who defended the assailants - he has violated the law and could be liable to a political judgment. NUEVO AMANECER PRESS-PRENSA NUEVO AMANECER-N.A.P. 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