Salvadorians Demand
Justice for Monsignor
Romero
Salvadorian social
organizations demanded
on Friday that the
Antonio Saca government
comply with
recommendations by
international bodies on
the assassination of
Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo
Romero in 1980.
Some 25 organizations
that make up
Concertacion por la Paz
y la Justicia Social
rejected the president's
refusal to derogate a
General Amnesty Act, by
virtue of which the
charges against war
criminals were dropped.
Concertacion attorney
David Morales expressed
concern at President
Saca's contempt.
For his part, Miguel
Guzman, of the
Monitoring Commission on
Monsignor Romero's case,
regretted that the
government does not want
to do justice.
He urged San Salvador
Archbishop Fernando
Saenz Lacalle to demand
compliance with the
recommendations rather
than becoming an
accomplice to this
situation of contempt
and impunity.
Monsignor Romero
denounced the injustice
committed by the Army
against the civil
population during the
armed conflict in El
Salvador (1980-1992),
and was shot to death
while officiating mass
on March 24, 1980.
The Truth Commission
that investigated the
crimes committed during
the war concluded that
Monsignor Romero was
assassinated by a death
squad commanded by
Roberto D'Aubuisson,
founder of the governing
Nationalist Republican
Alliance (ARENA).
Morales stressed that if
the Saca government
insists on not punishing
those responsible for
Monsignor Romero's
assassination, a second
lawsuit will be filed
against the State by
human rights
organizations in El
Salvador. |
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