>Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:36:49 -0800 >From: Michael Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Status: > > >From: Tom Condit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 9:03 PM >Subject: M-NEWS: Ecuador: PCMLE communique > > >> From: George Gruenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Manifesto of the PCMLE >> >> The Struggle Against the Continuist Oligarchic Government of Stavation >> of Noboa Continues >> >> The peoples of Ecuador: the working class, the indigenous people, the >> youth, the petty merchants, the women, the neighborhood residents, were >> protagonists of the popular uprising that was aimed at overthrowing the >> neo-liberal and treacherous government of Jamil Mahuad, the dissolution >> of the Congress and the reorganization of the Courts. We achieved an >> important victory, we overthrew Mahuad and advanced significantly >> towards our objectives. >> >> The popular uprising reached a sizable magnitude to the point that it >> affected a sector of the officers of the Armed Forces, who went over to >> the people, strengthening them by creating the National Salvation >> Committee. >> >> Representative sectors of the Catholic Church close to the people also >> took part in the uprising. >> >> The Popular Uprising has become a great experience for struggle, unity >> and mobilization of the Ecuadorian people and their popular >> organizations, the Congress of the People, the Patriotic Front, the >> Indigenous Parliaments, the CONAIE [Confederation of Indigenous Nations >> of Ecuador] and other forces. We carried out actions to force Mahuad out >> together with his anti-popular measures and policies which serve the >> interests of imperialism and the bourgeoisie. These are great >> achievements of the popular movement, the massive and militant >> mobilizations, the strike of oil workers and other sectors, the blocking >> of highways, the formation of Patriotic Councils of government in >> various provinces, the seizure of government buildings and the >> replacement of officials of the neo-liberal regime by democratic people >> elected in public assemblies. >> >> However, the oligarchy and the military high command under the order of >> US imperialism and its embassy, have led a conspiracy that overthrew the >> civic-military Government formed by the CONAIE, officers in mutiny and >> Dr. Sol�rzano Constantine, a government that had the support of the >> Patriotic Front and representative sectors of the peoples of Ecuador. >> >> The alliance of reactionary forces chose Gustavo Noboa as the new >> President, who has formed an illegitimate, anti-popular government that >> will carry on with privatization, with the treacherous and anti-national >> policies of the overthrown government. In his first statements, Noboa >> has promised to continue with the dollarization of the economy, to >> insist on neo-liberal economic measures, which just represents a >> replacement of one oligarchic government by another. >> >> The workers, the indigenous peoples and peasants, the teachers, the >> youth, the democratic men and women committed to social change, must >> express our resolute and active opposition to this regime which will >> only bring more exploitation and oppression, more hunger and misery to >> the majority of the people. >> >> The Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador calls on all popular and >> democratic forces, to continue the fight against this government, >> raising the following principal banners of struggle: >> >> � Opposition to the dollarization since this measure favors mainly US >> capital, the banks and the exporting oligarchy and will bring more >> poverty to the millions of Ecuadorians. The confiscation of hard >> currency from the banks and exporters and control over the exchange >> rate. >> >> � Non-payment of the foreign debt, which is a noose that is strangling >> the development of the country. >> >> � Against privatization of the areas of the economy that make up the >> national patrimony. >> >> � Raising wages and salaries to allow the workers and employees to >> confront the harsh economic situation that we are experiencing. >> >> � Opposition to speculation and the high cost of living. Popular control >> and penalties against the big merchants and speculators who are >> profiting from the hunger of the people. >> >> � To combat and punish corruption that reigns among the higher echelons >> of public functionaries, to demand the confiscation of misappropriated >> funds and to punish heavily those responsible for these wrongdoings. >> >> � The defense of national sovereignty, the expulsion of the US troops >> and bases from the country. >> >> � The scrupulous respect of human, trade union rights and public >> liberties. >> >> Our Party has full confidence that the peoples of Ecuador will carry on >> with their tireless struggle to establish their own power by >> revolutionary means, which will be able to build a new Ecuador without >> exploitation, just and educated in solidarity. We call on the working >> class and popular forces, the Patriotic Front, the Congress of the >> People, the indigenous parliaments, the CONAIE and other indigenous and >> peasant organizations, all the social forces interested in social change >> to persist in the struggle, to strengthen unity, to consolidate our >> organizations, to persist in the path of anti-imperialist, >> anti-oligarchic fight and against the continuist regime of starvation. >> To continue our struggle, by all means, for the establishment of Popular >> Power, the only guarantee of achieving genuine liberty. >> >> Workers, indigenous peoples, peasants, youth and teachers, women and >> small merchants, neighborhood residents and artisans, honest military >> people and religious people close to the poor: the struggle against the >> treacherous regime of starvation, for liberty and justice continues! >> >> Long live the unity, organization and struggle of the peoples of >> Ecuador! >> Towards the Popular Power and Socialism! >> >> Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador >> Central Committee >> >> January 2000 >> >> Distributed by Pablo Ya�ez, UNE >> Thursday, January 20, 2000 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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