Mrs Violetta Chomorro;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 617A1 in 1989-90, proposed by Tony Banks on 28/02/1990.

Leave out from 'congratulates' to end and add, 'President Ortega for his dignity in electoral defeat by Mrs Violeta Chamorro and his pledge to ensure a democratic handover of power; believes the elections in Nicaragua give the lie to all those who accused the Sandinistas of being anti-democratic; condemns the campaigns of state terrorism and economic warfare waged by successive United States administrations and supported by Her Majesty's Government which caused so much suffering to the Nicaraguan people; believes that President Bush would not have recognised a Sandinista victory under any circumstances; notes the enormous amounts of financial aid and political support extended to the opposition grouping in Nicaragua; and calls upon the United States Government to give an assurance to the world community that it will not revert to a campaign of destabilisation when the Sandinistas return to power.'.

This is a ammendment to 617.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.