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Obama can order the release of the
Five, Alarcón reaffirms
MATANZAS (AIN).— U.S. President Barack Obama can
order the release of the five Cuban anti-terrorists
imprisoned in the United States, Ricardo Alarcón,
president of the Cuban Parliament, reaffirmed.
The likewise member of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of Cuba gave a master lecture for
religious leaders at the Theological Seminary in
this city, on the 80th anniversary of the
Hispanic-American Evangelical Congress in Havana.
Alarcón said that President Obama has it in his
hands to end the injustice committed against
Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero,
Fernando González and René González.
“Will the impunity continue under his mandate?”
Alarcón asked, adding, “He (Obama) knows that the
Constitution gives the president the power to
withdraw the disgraceful charges that were the basis
of legal proceedings plagued by arbitrariness and
violations from day one.”
The
U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to review the case of
the Five is the most recent confirmation that
anti-Cuban terrorism continues to enjoy the support
and complicity of that country’s government, he
stated.
During the religious congress, which ends on Friday,
the 60-plus ecumenical leaders from 15 nations said
they would concretize actions so that millions of
church members all over the world would increase
their solidarity with the cause of the Five.
Translated by Granma International
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