White House Statement on
the Presidential Determination on Assistance to the Nicaraguan Democratic
Resistance
The
President today made the determination and certification under section
111(b)(2)(A) of the fiscal year 1988 continuing resolution (P.L. 100 - 202)
that permits resumption of transportation of military assistance to the
Nicaraguan democratic resistance authorized by the Congress.
Section
111 of the continuing resolution provided for suspension of transportation of
military assistance to the resistance on January 12, 1988, and for resumption
of such assistance after January 18, 1988, if the President determined and
certified to the Congress that:
-- no cease-fire is
in place that was agreed to by the Government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan
democratic resistance;
-- the failure to
achieve such a cease-fire results from the lack of good faith efforts by the
Government of Nicaragua to achieve such a cease-fire; and
-- the Nicaraguan
democratic resistance has engaged in good faith efforts to achieve such a
cease-fire.
The
President's determination was based on the Secretary of State's findings, set
forth in his
The
Sandinistas have a record, beginning with promises to the Organization of
American States in 1979 and continuing through the
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