Weekly Report - 16 March 2004

The top four officials of the national assembly, all pro-Alemán Liberals, finally decided last week that they would no longer try to push legislation to secure the release of former President Arnoldo Alemán, or grant an amnesty to him and the officials of his administration who face corruption charges. They solemnly promised this at a meeting with President Enrique Bolaños in the wee hours of 10 March — in what appears to be a renewal of Liberal `unification'.