The World - News from Aug. 27, 1985
Eleven Chilean political parties have agreed on a declaration of principles intended to achieve “transition to full democracy” from military rule, the nation’s Roman Catholic primate announced. The agreement represents the second effort in two years by Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno to achieve consensus on ending the authoritarian rule of President Augusto Pinochet. It proposes the choice of a Congress with power to reform Pinochet’s 1980 constitution to allow popular presidential elections.
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