Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 25, 1993, Page 7, Image 7

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    Speaker urges voter registration
By Stephanie Sisson
Oepcie f rrmrata
More people in Kl Salvador
need to lie registered votnrs Itefore
the March 1994 elections. ar>d
Eugene citizens can help put
pressure on Kl Salvador's go\
emment to register voters, said a
representative from an Kl Sal
vadoran women s group Satur
day.
Maria Isabella Morales, orga
nizing director for Melida Anaya
Montes, spoke to 60 members of
tlie Committee in Solidarity with
the Central American People
about the importance of the
upcoming Kl Salvadoran elec
tions.
“The elections depend on all
undocumented persons being
registered to vote," Morales said
with the help of a translator.
"We're demanding that the
Supreme Council carry out an
extraordinary campaign to regis
ter all to vote."
Morales explained that the
Month 1994 elections are the first
to occur in El Salvador since
peace accords were signed in
1992. In these elections, a new
president, a new national assem
bly and new municipal govern
ments will he determined.
However, because so many Kl
Salvadorans are not registered
voters, including 60% of the
female population. Morales said
the right-wing presidential can
didate has a good chance of win
ning. Morales said that if this can
didate w ins, he has said he will
not honor the peace accord
because "he didn't sign it."
"The government is placing ns
many obstacles as possible in
the way of registering voters."
Morales said "They know most
Erin Weeks, freshman at South Eugene High School, helps paint tor
tha low Incoma housing last Saturday at the CISCAP work-s-Thon.
people would vote for the left."
The Farnbundo Marti Nation
al Liberation front has fought the
present Salvadoran government
for 12 years to win the right to
change FI Salvador's social sys
tem without violence Now.
along with MAM. the popular
opposition plans to use the elec
tions to advance a revolutionary
platform.
"We will continue to struggle,
centimeter by centimeter, until
we win fulfillment of the peace
accords." Morales said
Morales’ speech was the kick
off for a C1SCAP all-day work-a
thon. Teams of volunteers
washed windows, painted and
made repairs at Eugene Emer
gency Housing's t dilhorn Apart
ments and the Royal Avenue
Shelter Another team worked on
the Frxxl for Lane County’s Grass
roots Garden Projtx t
Volunteers raised sponsor
pledges for the numlx'r of hours
worked The mouov C ISCAI' rais
es goes toward educating the
community, special projects,
grass roots opposition to I S mil
itary intervention and generating
pressure for a mole just'' l S
policy toward Central America
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