Indonesia executes Communists

=== [PDF page 1] === People’s Daily World Tuesday, November 4, 1986 INTERNATIONAL WORLDW1RE By Cindy Hawes MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Chamber of Deputies passed four resolutions last week protest ing recent U.S. actions that harm Mexico and dam age the legitimate government of Nicaragua. Stating that the U.S. is “trying to instrument a new phase in its pressure on Mexico,” the resolu tions severely criticize the Simpson-Rodino immi gration bill, the “slanderous” U.S. attacks against Mexican officials for alleged drug ties and a new U.S. oil import tax, which is expected to have se rious repercussions for Mexico. Mexican lawmakers also condemned U.S. aid to the contra mercenaries, saying no justification exists to attack the “legitimately constituted gov ernment of Nicaragua. It is up to the Nicaraguan people alone to use their democratic rights of selfdetermination to resolve their own destiny,” the resolution said. Regarding the new immigration bill, the dep uties’ resolution said the legislation is “discrimina- UPI Guns purchased with “non-lethal” U.S. aid to the con tras an an armory on the IKIondluras-NIcaragua border. tory in its intent, and judging from the actions and impatience of authorities in charge of carrying it out, it will turn into repressive police action” against all Mexicans working in the U.S. It said the bill does not take into account the international character of the immigration prob lem. “Its solution should be agreed upon by the countries involved and not by unilateral decisions of one government.” The Mexican Unified Socialist Party (PSUM), one of the nine parties represented in the Chamber, tied the passage of the bill to the upcom ing congressional elections in the U.S. and noted that discussion of it in both Houses “was greatly influenced by racist arguments that permeate the new U.S. right.” Mexican lawmakers also expressed “total dis agreement” with the 11.7 cent per barrel tax on im ported oil approved by Congress. “It is discrimina tory and attacks Mexico’s interests,” they said. The Mexican government had earlier issued a pro test over the tax, to be used to fund toxic-waste cleanup in the U.S. “Even though the Mexican government un derstands the need to continue efforts to control pollution, it considers the financing of such actions through import taxes contrary to the spirit of coop eration and cordial understanding on which Mexi co and the U.S. have founded their bilateral rela tions.” It charges the tax violates non-discriminatory tariff provisions of the General Agreement on Tar iffs and Trade (GATT), which Mexico joined in August. Although spokespersons for the U.S. Embas sy here said the tax will be paid by U.S. refiners, not exporters, Mexico says it could discourage U.S. corporations from buying Mexican oil, the nation’s chief export. Hi®'’© Catholic church ©HDD© for [N]©wD 1 protests by Marc Frank Protests have been called for Friday by Haiti’s Catholic church to protest the disappear ance of one of its teachers, Char iot Jacquelin, arrested a month ago in the capital. The protest was to be pre ceded by nine days of reflection on the current situation in the country, said the church in its call last Wednesday. Haitians in side and outside the country were urged to take part., The church says the militarycivilian junta now leading Haiti is determined to keep the coun try’s people from learning to read and write. The church statement cites numerous examples of authori ties trying to bribe and intimidate members of the Catholic church’s literacy campaign. It also blasts the regime for physi cally blocking people from en tering church schools. Observers said that the pro test call by Haiti’s Catholic Church, a key force in the strug- A young woman votes in Haiti’s Oct. 19 elections for a Constitutional Assem bly. The elections were boycotted by most Haitians. gle to bring down the U.S.backed Duvalier dictatorship, is a clear indication that matters are moving from bad to worse in the region’s poorest country. They said elections two weeks ago for a Constitutional Assembly were marked by fraud and a general boycott. Haitians stayed away from the polls when it became clear the makeup of the Assembly was rigged. Twen ty of its members will be ap pointed by leader of the regime, general Namphy, and those elected won their seats amidst deliberately created confusion over nomination and voting pro cedures. On Oct. 24, Sylvio Clod, President of the Christian Demo cratic Party, charged that Duvalier’s hated secret police, the “ton ton macoutes,” are reorga nizing. He told reporters in the capital that six leaders of the ter ror squad have reappeared in the country and are holding secret meetings, where money and arms are distributed. On Wednesday Haiti’s larg est labor federation, the Autono mous Workers’ Central, charged Duvalier is sending millions into the country to reorganize his forces. The Union blasted the Military-Civilian Junta for its in creasing repression and refusal to arrest known leaders of the ton ton macoutes. The Autonomous Workers’ Central statement calls on Haitians to organize at all lev els and to put a stop to the return of Duvalier-like terror. World labor can work together The international organized labor movement can work together to attain common goals, said Ibrahim Zakaria, general secretary of the World Federation of TradeUnions (WFTU). The Sudanese leader of the WFTU made his comments in a recent interview with the Soviet trade union newspaper, Trud. Zakaria said the 11th World Trade Union Congress held in Berlin Sept. 16-22 was attended by representa tives of trade unions from 147 countries. Of the 1,014 trade unionists who took part, only 452 were WFTU delegates, while 562 were from non-WFTU unions, he said. Zakaria said that despite differences in political views, those at the Congress were unanimous in their belief that united trade union actions are necessary to prevent nuclear war and to defend trade unions. Bill Dennison A session of the 11th World Trade Union Congress. U.S. tosSage fir©©dl Sim [B©Sry11 U.S. hostage David Jacobsen was freed Sunday in Beirut by the Islamic Jihad organization. Jacobsen, 55, was director of the hospital of the American University in Beirut and was kidnapped in May 1985. Jacobsen ap peared to be in good health. The Islamic Jihad group said it would hold Washington fully responsible for fail ing to take advantage of this opportunity to proceed w ith “current approaches that could lead, if continued, to a solution of the hostages issue." Six U.S. hostages arc still missing in Lebanon. U.S.;p)(Lmg astronauts visit USS1R A delegation of young astronauts from the U.S. has been deeply impressed by what they have seen of the Soviet space program, said Judy White, the group’s leader in Tbilisi, capital of Soviet Georgia, last week. White teaches mathematics in Kentucky and hopes some day to teach classes in outer space. The delegation includes 10 U.S. students who are interested in space and would like to become astronauts. Amy Grabb, 14, from Pittsburgh, said she is very much pleased with the trip. She met Soviet students her own age and learned they have much in common, she said. The U.S. students earlier visited Moscow, Leningrad and the Crimea, visited space centers and observatories and met with Soviet cosmonauts and space experts. Zsiore cSialD®img©s MF The government of Zaire has announced it will lim it paid interest on its $6 billion foreign debt to 10 percent of its export earnings. The decision, made last week by President Mobutu Sese Seko and his government, rep resents an unexpected challenge to the International Monetary Fund. The IMF has been closely controlling the shaky Zaire economy for the past four years. But the situation has become catastrophic; the Zaire president stressed last week that in effect Zaire is being bled dry by the IMF and the banks. It paid $190 million more than it received from its creditors in 1984. Mobutu said Zaire has been paying 25 percent of its export earnings in debt servicing payments. Indonesia executes Communists Worldwide protests have been issued over the re cent executions of nine Communist political prisoners in Indonesia. Several of those executed by the regime of President Suharto were imprisoned for years, anti in some cases w'erc facing “subversion” charges dating back to 1970. All were leaders of the outlawed Commu nist Party of Indonesia (PK1). A PKI representative abroad said it was no comcidencethat the Communists were executed when the re gime announced it was devaluing the rupiah (currency unit) by 45 percent. Such executions are aimed at intim idating the people. Protests and demands to release the thousands of Indonesian political prisoners should be sent to: General Suharto, President of the Republic of