Editorial
Central America: Is
peace keeping pace?
The Central American peace accord signed in July by
several Latin American nations requires amnesties,
freedoms of press, democratization, and dialogue to
negotiate cease-fires between governments and opposition
groups.
But the crucial question, as the accord enters its third
month, is: To what extent have Central American nations
complied with the accord's provisions and what additional
steps currently are required?
Nicaragua ’has allowed La Prensa. the opposition
newspaper, to resume publishing and a Roman Catholic
radio station to resume broadcasting, but it has refused to
reopen more than 20 other radio stations it closed.
The Sandinistas also have declared a unilateral cease
fire in four small zones, but have refused to negotiate direct
ly with Contra political leaders, asking instead for discus
sions with "field commanders."
Nicaragua still has a substantial number of other
measures to implement to comply with the peace accord.
The Sandinistas must hold negotiations, not only with
Contra military leaders, but also with their political leaders
if a viable cease-fire is to be attained.
Furthermore, the Sandinistas must lift the state of siege
and grant amnesty to more than 6,000 political prisoners.
Greater freedom for the media must be allowed. Finally.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega should announce plans
to hold free elections in the first half of 1088, as specified in
the peace accord he signed.
Honduras, which provides a base for Contra military
operations, must comply with the peace plan by forcing the
Contras to leave and closing down their military bases.
Honduras, however, is not required to kick out the Con
tras until the Sandinistas negotiate a cease-fire and political
amnesty with the rebel group. Therefore, the Sandinistas
should negotiate peace with the Contras now.
In FI Salvador, the government has re-opened peace
talks with the opposition, lifted its state of siege and allowed
about 4.000 refugees to return. Nevertheless, it still faces
considerable work to meet the requirements of the treaty.
Specifically, the Salvadoran government must imple
ment a cease-fire and provide further political concessions
to the rebels, who broke off talks with the government last
week when a leading human-rights official, Herbert Anaya
Sanabria, was assassinated.
In El Salvador, the rebels can facilitate peace by resum
ing talks with the government and by declining further
military aid from Cuba, because the terms of the peace ac
cord prohibit military aid from extra-regional governments
to rebel forces
In the same regard, the U.S. government can do its part by
denying further aid to the Contras. On Wednesday,
however, the Reagan administration imprudently decided to
seek an additional $30 million in non-lethal aid to the
Contras.
Just as the Central American nations must work to bring
peace to this strife-torn region, the Reagan administration
must demonstrate a willingness to accept the provisions of
the accord. As the primary source of aid to the Contras, the
administration must accept its role as key player and not
simply pessimistic observer.
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Faculty Forum_
Not much known about Ginsburg
Inexperience could be downfall
Nobody mcmi to know much
about fudge Ginsburg; he is in
experienced. Do you believe he
is a compromise candidate,
nominated because of his age
(41) and not necessarily his
ideologies?
Let's approach it this way:
You have Howard baker in the
White House advocating so
Helms won....
My own feeling is that the
Reagan Revolution, which was
going to be accomplished
socially, and economically by
utilizing the the political arena
as the chief means to change.
The attempt was made to
realign the bases of the parties.
In that way Republican strength
|aim*s Rlonoski is a professor of political science. He
teaches several courses concerning the Supreme Court. In a
brief interview with the Oregon Daily Emerald, he express
ed his views and concerns on Douglas A. Ginsburg, the new
nominee to the Supreme Court.
ini-tint' more acceptable to the
Democratic Senate, a federal
court of appeals judge who Isn't
as right wring — who's more
temperate and middle-of-the
road You also had Ed Meese,
lesse Helms and others
representing a further out,
Reagan, right-wing point of
view still advocating someone
of that more right-wing persua
sion. So if you say there was a
compromise between Baker and
Meese (and Helms). 1 would say
no. Baker lost. Meese and
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could be broadened, and the
party would tend to be even
more certain to win presiden
tial, senate, house, guber
natorial and legislative
elections.
Well, the Reagan Revolution
in that sense has failed. It did
not come off. It came close, but
the public has moved back
toward the middle.... The
right made its play, the country
looked at the right but didn't
really go that far, and now peo
ple want to go back to the
center. The hoped-for realign
ment was not accomplished.
So the Ed Meeses of this
world on this particular ap
pointment said, "Ron. our long
range objective and hope re
mains in turning this country
around politically. We can't do
it electorally. But we certainly
can do it in terms of the
Supreme Court
"If we can get another ap
pointment to the court, we’ll
probably have consolidated our
conservative grip on that body,
and a guy like Ginsberg, at age
41. can serve for 30 or 40 years
— well into the 21st century.
Then we might accomplish the
Reagan Revolution constitu
tionally in terms of conservative
interpretation of the basic law of
the land."
To effectuate what you could
not do politically or electorally,
you would try the constitutional
interpretative route through the
Supreme Court (look how well
the liberals did over a period of
20 or 30 years). Here would be a
last-ditch chance for the right to
put its stamp on the way this
country thinks and acts
constitutionally.
So, they reason, let’s not put
this Baker middle-of-the-roader
on the court because he may be
soft on abortion or he may even
be soft on the right to privacy.
We need to put one of our kind
on — a young hard-liner — who
will allow us to impact and im
print our views and way of life
on America for years to come
And Meese said 'Tve got just
the person for you. This young
guy, who's now a Federal Court
of Appeals justice, Douglas A
Ginsburg I know the guy. I
know what he has in his mind
and in his guts. He's a conser
vative like we are. We'll prevail
on the court with him — the
crucial fifth vote.” So that's the
kind of "compromise” that was
made.
He’s only been a judge for a
year, he hasn't left a paper trail
behind him like Bork did. They
won't be able to pick up his
writings or opinions because
they simply don’t exist in any
number. He’s not vulnerable
that way. So he'll be safe from
the abuse Bork took because
Bork had written and said so
much over time.
What kind of approach will
the Senate ludiciary Committee
take when reviewing Ginsburg?
Will they be as harsh with him
as they were with Bork?
They'll be very, very hard —
hard and thorough. Not hard in
term of being mean, but hard as
in thorough, because so much
hinges on this appointment for
the next 10. 20. 30 or 40 years.
Keagan and his crowd have
now politically lost hope for
what they wanted to ac
complish electorally . . . . So
why should the Democrats in
the Judiciary Committee and the
Democrats in the Senate give
Reagan and Meese and that
right-wing crowd the victory
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