Word: aubuisson
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Rhythmic shouts of "D'Aubuisson! D'Aubuisson!" erupted from the gallery as the boyish-looking figure strode toward the dais of San Salvador's wood-and marble-paneled Blue Chamber in the Legislative Palace. Wearing a three-piece suit, he glanced down at his ten-page handwritten text and declared, "Now that we are starting on the road toward representative democracy, we will leave in the past all desires for revenge. We will use all our strength to guarantee human rights, and we will gain, step by step, that precious tranquillity that we have lost...
With those words, Roberto d'Aubuisson, 38, the charismatic leader of El Salvador's right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), tried to allay the fears generated by his designation as President of El Salvador's new constituent assembly. D'Aubuisson, who was once described by former U.S. Ambassador Robert White as a "pathological killer," had just assumed a key position in a country racked by left-wing insurgency and right-wing terror that have left some 30,000 people dead since October 1979. D'Aubuisson's election was an apparent defeat not only...
...democratic process. But in the end, the moderate, U.S.-backed Christian Democratic government of President Josè Napoleón Duarte received only 40% of the popular vote and won only 24 seats in the 60-member constituent assembly. By contrast, two right-wing parties, Major Roberto d'Aubuisson's ARENA and the once powerful National Conciliation Party (P.C.N.) together received 55% of the vote, winning 33 seats. The two parties quickly created an informal coalition...
...right-wing parties have to include the Christian Democrats in the new government. But, understanding the need to retain strong U.S. backing, the rightists have negotiated at length with the Christian Democrats. In all likelihood the government will be headed by a President from ARENA (though not D'Aubuisson, who is generally acknowledged to be too controversial and abrasive for the job) and a Vice President from the P.C.N. The Christian Democrats may be offered a few of the lesser Cabinet posts in return for their support, but it is also possible that they will decide not to join...
Surrounded by heavily armed bodyguards, D'Aubuisson later told reporters pugnaciously: "The Salvadoran people voted for us, not for Mr. Duarte to be President." He nonetheless tried to appear conciliatory, saying that his coalition "will exclude no one from the government." D'Aubuisson reiterated his stand on Duarte's land and banking reforms that he had bitterly criticized during the campaign. Said he: "We aren't going to do away with the reforms. We are going to make them more efficient...