"Outline for a Basic Document" - The 11 Point Programme for Capitulation
The following,
written in the latter part of 1993 by leaders of the Right Opportunist
Line in Canto Grande prison outside Lima, strips this line down
to its most shameful essence. It is an outline of their proposed
agreement with the Peruvian government of Alberto Fujimori. The
authorities allowed family members of pro-negotiations prisoners
to bring it out, along with the document Asumir, to circulate
among Party members and supporters around the country. It was also
given to the press by the regime, which has never made any official
comment. - AWTW
I.
Introduction
1. We uphold
our ideology and class principles, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Gonzalo
Thought, as well as our Party membership.
2. Ending
the people's war represents neither surrender nor abandoning the
revolution, but rather continuing the struggle under new conditions.
3. We are
in favour of signing a Peace Agreement as an historic step of imperious
necessity that today has become a necessity for the people, the
nation and Peruvian society as a whole; the people need peace, as
well as democracy and development, and especially conditions that
would allow them to meet their fundamental needs.
4. This basic
document has as its objective the achievement of a peace agreement.
5. The two
sides in this round of conversations are the two banks of a river
with a common problem. Each of us, from our own respective point
of view, agrees that we must achieve a goal: a peace agreement.
II.
Basic Approach
1. Sign a
peace agreement whose application would lead to the ending of the
war the country is experiencing.
2. End the
people's war begun 17 May 1980, in all its four forms of guerrilla
actions. Disband the People's Guerrilla Army, destroying its arms
and combat materiel; likewise, dissolve the People's Committees
and the revolutionary base areas of the People's New Democratic
Republic.
3. End the
military actions against the people's war by the Armed Forces and
Police of the Peruvian state, as well as by secondary forces.
4. Free all
prisoners of war, by groups and according to a timetable, whether
or not they have been sentenced because of the people's war according
to currently applicable legislation. Improvement of prison conditions
for those who temporarily remain in this situation. An end to isolation.
Family visits, legal defence, work, study and recreation.
5. End the
repression and persecution of Party members, fighters, sympathizers
and the people by anti-subversive forces in the country, as well
as of persons residing abroad. Cancellation of pending trials, no
new trials, annulment of judicial summons and arrest warrants.
6. End the
campaign being carried out in Peru and abroad against the people's
war, the Party and its members and sympathizers. Instead, carry
out a campaign in favour of the necessity of peace, democracy and
development.
7. Help,
and in no way hinder, the reintegration into social life and everyday
life of Party members, fighters and sympathizers of the people's
war, as well as of those Peruvians of similar status who return
from abroad with that aim.
8. Respect
for the mortal remains of the heroes of the people fallen in these
years of war, return of the bodies or information as to their whereabouts.
The same for the disappeared - the right of their family members
and friends to visit their graves and pay them homage. This includes
the remains of Comrade Norah and other sons and daughters of the
people.
9. Return
of the central archives of the PCP, its library and museum of the
revolution, including seized video and audio recordings.
10. As peace
is gradually reestablished, legislation should guarantee strict
respect for fundamental rights, such as individual rights, as well
as economic and social rights, and should also meet the demands
of the people for democracy and development, especially their fundamental
needs. There should be a special plan to promote development in
the areas affected by the war, principally benefitting the peasants,
the poor masses of the shantytowns and the workers, giving substantial
attention to those crippled, orphaned or widowed by the war.
11. A law
of general amnesty for the sake of national reconciliation, without
victors or vanquished, without reprisals, vengeance, persecution
or personal restrictions placed on anyone, which would only complicate
the arduous task of fulfilling the peace agreement to which both
sides are committed.
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