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A NEW LIGHT FOR CUBA
The Christian Liberation Movement presents a
Law of Amnesty and a Law of Reconciliation
Because Cuba is the Homeland and home of all Cubans,
Because we are one people,
Because all Cubans are brothers and we wish to live free and in peace,
Because the great Cuban family and each Cuban family wants to and should
reunite freely, and in fraternal love, and as long as this reunification is
not happening, Cubans are not happy,
Because the path towards reconciliation among all, which our people yearn
for, is the path of respect for the rights of Cubans,
We present today proposals for a Law of Amnesty for the peaceful political
prisoners and a Law of National Reunification.
We know that there is a diversity of experiences among our people and
therefore different visions of the past and of the present. Different
visions about the future of Cuba also exist. But what we should agree upon
is the fact that the laws should guarantee the rights of everyone. It is not
enough that the laws be changed; the most important thing is that we all
open our minds and hearts to identify in each Cuban a brother. But only if
the laws guarantee all rights for all Cubans will an environment of dialogue
and confidence emerge so that we Cubans can look together toward the future
and so that the new generation will be able to travel the path of their own
era with peace and freedom.
The Deputies of the National Assembly of People’s Power have not only the
legal capacity, but also the human capacity, to carry out these steps, that
would allow for national reunification and the return home of those Cubans
that are now prisoners in Cuba. And it is from these human categorizations,
which can always overcome political categorizations without denying the
convictions of each individual, through which we call upon the deputies to
discuss these proposals, so that they, in their legislative functions, can
improve and pass the laws that we are proposing.
Taking these steps does not harm any Cuban, while it does free many Cubans
from suffering for what is good and just for our people, for He is only one,
of whom we are all children without exclusions.
We have faith that Christmas, especially in Cuba, always brings, with the
Good News of the birth of Jesus, an air of peace and generosity for all
people, believers and non believers alike. We ask all Cubans, who live
within and outside of Cuba, especially the deputies, to unite their good
will and to those that are believers, also their prayers, so that Cuba
brings in the New Year with news of Amnesty and National Reunification.
We hope that the joy of peace and fraternity comes to all Cubans this
Christmas.
May God bless the people of Cuba and all people around the world in the New
Year and always.
On behalf of the Citizen’s Committee for Reconciliation and Dialogue of the
Cuban Forum
Havana, Cuba, December 18, 2007
Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas
Minervo Lázaro Chil Sirét
Given to the Information Bridge Cuba Miami for diffusion by the Christian
Liberation Movement in the Exterior.
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