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Obama could and should withdraw the
false charges against the Five
Affirms Ricardo Alarcón in a
conference with the national and foreign press
Deisy Francis Mexidor
“OBAMA could and should withdraw the false charges
on which our five compañeros were framed,”
affirmed Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, president of
the National Assembly of People’s Power, during the
launch of a six-volume publication – translated into
Spanish – of the 12 Amicus Brief documents asking
the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of the
anti-terrorist Cubans, prisoners in that country for
more than 10 years.
During an earlier conference with the national and
accredited international press at the José Martí
Memorial – Alarcón explained that the U.S. president
has “the authority to end this situation” at any
time, because it is within his powers.
“President Barack Obama, who is a good lawyer,” he
said, “knows that perfectly well, particularly given
that he specialized in Constitutional Law.”
In
that context, he argued that the U.S. constitution
gives the president legal authority to pardon,
overturn the sentence, reduce or modify it, and
withdraw charges.
However, if the current White House occupant makes
no statement to that effect, “we are hoping that the
Supreme Court permits the review demanded by
virtually all of humanity,” he stated.
The
Amicus briefs sent to the Supreme Court demonstrate
the universal interest in this cause, commented the
likewise member of the Political Bureau, recalling
that this is an unprecedented case, given that the
documents contain the signatures of 10 Nobel Prize
winners, legal and parliamentary organizations and
public figures from all over the world.
Alarcón also mentioned that the decision of the
Organization of American States (OAS) to overturn
the resolution expelling Cuba from that mechanism in
1962, constitutes a very important victory for Latin
America, but confirmed that this decision will not
change Cuba’s opinion of that organization or alter
the island’s decision not to rejoin the OAS.
Translated by Granma International
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