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San José, July 19, 2009Your Excellency, Mr. Oscar Arias Sánchez,President of the Republic of Costa RicaMediator in the case of the situation in HondurasSan JoséExcellency:
I have the honor of greeting you to make reference, in the most attentivemanner, to the suggestions contained in seven points, originally proposed byyou to the delegations of the Republic of Honduras and the representativesof Mr. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, presenting to you on said basis, our observations, and proposing to you the following text:We recognize that the return to Honduras of the petitioner, citizen JoséManuel Zelaya Rosales with all constitutional and international guarantees isan important part of an overall agreement that would determine the mattersthat must be resolved to give effect to our Constitution and Democracywithin the framework of the rule of law. Our position is inspired in theconcept of one Republic, rather than the image of a divided State andsociety.
First, the return to Honduras of petitioner Mr. José Manuel ZelayaRosales
with all necessary guarantees to exercise his rights to due process before the competent jurisdictional organisms of the Judiciary Power.
Second, the strengthening of the democratic order and respect for theseparation of powers,
through the formation of a government of nationalunity and reconciliation, made up of members of the political parties andsectors of society, based on requirements of capacity, merit, fitness andethics, that will defend the national sovereignty and combat drug trafficking.
Third, the guarantee of the effective compliance with the rule of law andthe rejection of corruption and impunity,
insuring the respect for the professionalism of the National Police, whose rotation must be carried out instrict accordance with the terms of its special legislation. Consequently, theintegrity of public funds must be preserved and such funds as may have been purloined and illegally utilized must be returned. With this same purpose, the budget recently approved by the National Congress must be respected.
Fourth, a truth commission must be constituted that, for the Honduranpeople and the international community,
identify all acts, evident andnotorious events and circumstances that led to the current situation, bothduring the period prior to June 28, and afterward.
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