Originally published in Spanish by the CCRI-CG of the EZLN
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Translated by irlandesa
Communiqué from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee –
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
June 26, 2005.
To the People of
To the Peoples of the World:
First - The CCRI-CG of the EZLN is informing you that it has finished
consulting with tens of thousands of support bases. Between June 20 and June
26, meetings and assemblies were held in more than one thousand indigenous
communities in the southeastern Mexican state of
Second - Participating in these assemblies were only 100% indigenous and 100%
Mexican men and women, adults, EZLN support bases, who listened to reports from
the zapatista leadership. There was also an analysis
of the national situation and of the proposal for a new step in the struggle.
Third - After analyzing and discussing the advantages and disadvantages, the
dangers and the risks, everyone expressed themselves, through individual, free
votes, concerning the proposal.
Fourth - The results were that more than 98% approved the new step, and less
than 2% decided not to support the proposal.
Fifth - In this manner, with the approval and backing of the wide majority of
its members, the EZLN shall undertake a new political initiative that is
national and international in nature.
Sixth - In order to report on what was analyzed and discussed in the internal consulta - in addition to explaining and calling for
joining in with the new initiative which has been approved – the CCRI-CG of the
EZLN will, over the next few days, make public a series of texts which are part
of the “Sixth Declaration of the Selva Lacandona.”
Democracy!
Justice!