World
parliamentarians demand release
of the Five
• IPU elects new
president
MORE than 50 parliamentarians from all regions of
the world participating in the 113th
General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU),
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 17-19,
have signed a petition calling for the release of
the five anti-terrorist Cubans still unjustly
imprisoned in U.S. jails despite the ruling of the
Atlanta Appeals Court, which annulled the trial in
which they were sentenced.
The parliamentarians, deputies and senators from
parties with different political affiliations from
Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania all
backed the petition, which ends by affirming: "After
the overturning of their sentences, there is no
justification whatsoever for their retention in
prison and their immediate release is demanded."
During this IPU meeting, a new president of this
international body was elected, with this
responsibility going to Italian Deputy Pier
Ferdinando Casisni, current president of his
country’s Chamber of Deputies.
Jaime Crombet Hernández-Baquero, vice president
of the Cuban National Assembly of People's Power,
headed the island delegation to the Assembly.
