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 PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1329-180

General Manuel Contreras, Captain Armando Fernandez Larios, and Colonel Pedro Espinoza, for conspiracy in the September 21, 1976, murders of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt; Armando Fernandez Larios affirmed the grand jury indictment in his February 4, 1987, testimony before the United States District Court in Washington, District of Columbia; (7) free elections and democratic government are conditions which lead to public accountability and thus to observance of human rights in Chile and all other countries; (8) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights determines free elections to be a basic human right and states that the "will of the people shall be the basis of government; this will shall be expressed in equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent voting procedures"; (9) the United States believes that a free, fair and open election which offers a clear choice of candidates and political views is the best formula for choosing democratic leaders and insuring a peaceful transition to democracy in Chile; and (10) the United States, in view of longstanding friendly ties between the American and Chilean people, recognizes that only the Chilean people can bring about a transition to democracy but wishes to encourage a situation in which a return to fully functioning democracy will occur in the near future and in which the Chilean people will have the opportunity to elect democratically their own leaders. (b) The Congress hereby— (1) looks forward to the early return of the Chilean Armed Forces to its traditional role as a pillar of strength in the support of democracy in Chile; and (2) calls upon the Government of Chile to make appropriate compensation to the members of the Letelier and Moffitt families and urges the Chilean Government to make available for trial in the United States or bring to justice in Chile Manuel Contreras and Pedro Espinoza for their involvement in the assassination and subsequent coverup of their role in the 1976 car bombing of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt; and (3) strongly urges that the Government of Chile takes steps to— (A) assure that military rule in Chile ends at least by 1989; (B) ensure that the next democratically elected president of Chile is chosen from civilian candidates who offer a clear choice of political views; (C) facilitate and assure voting procedures for the electoral process which are genuinely fair and based upon universal and equal suffrage with broad participation and which ensure that the vote will be accurately counted and subject to independent verification; (D) in accord with past Chilean traditions, such clear and agreed upon procedures should be established well in advance of any electoral act so that all Chileans can be confident that the vote will be accurately counted and subject to independent verification; and (E) ensure that prior to any electoral process, freedom of assembly and expression are fully restored and nonviolent

Manuel Contreras. Armando Fernandez Larios. Pedro Espinoza.

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