1) The constitutional reforms were rejected by approximately 56 percent of those who voted, even though they were previously approved by all of the major political parties as part of the peace process. A total of 47 constitutional amendments were presented in four packages, including the recognition of the 24 Guatemalan indigenous groups, overhauling the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government and limiting the power of the Guatemalan army
2) I use the verb �re-launched� because let�s not forget that General Rios Montt�s approach to solving the internal arm conflict during his dictatorship (1982-1983) was to increase military action, counterinsurgency and repression via murders and human rights violations
3) Guatemala experienced an internal arm struggle for more than 35 years, which was ended in 1996 by the UN-sponsored peace accords |
