Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Lloyd (Labour), on Wednesday, 19 December 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 72 members in total.

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ELECTIONS IN GUATEMALA

That this House notes the presidential elections taking place in Guatemala; welcomes the fact that this is the first time that an elected president has handed power over to an elected successor; recognises that the army is still a power beyond democratic control and widely held to be responsible for deaths, torture and wide-scale human rights abuse; applauds the series of talks held between the Church, business leaders and other sectors of Guatemalan society with the guerilla movement, the URNG; believes that the armed forces must become party to these talks if a genuinely peaceful route to sustainable democracy is to take place; and calls upon the international community to bring pressure to bear to this end.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

270 

Session

1990-91

Subjects

Armed forces Democracy Elections Human rights Guatemala

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk