Weekly Report - 13 January 2004
GUATEMALA: Berger strikes deal with UNE & PAN
It took more than a week of negotiating, but last weekend the ruling Gran Alianza Nacional (Gana) managed to clinch a `governability' pact with the left-of-centre Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) and the conservative Partido de Avanzada Nacional (PAN). In tandem with this, Berger committed himself to supporting the international commission due to investigate the `clandestine groups' operating in Guatemala.
The `governability' pact, which is intended to last for two years, will give Berger a comfortable working majority of 96 seats in the 158-seat, single-chamber congress. The agreement stipulates that the legislative priorities will be:
The `governability' pact, which is intended to last for two years, will give Berger a comfortable working majority of 96 seats in the 158-seat, single-chamber congress. The agreement stipulates that the legislative priorities will be:
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