SELECTED ITEMS FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY

Created: 2/27/1995

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To Debate Financial Package, Amnesty

Both houses will meet in special sessions, probably beginning on Thursday.

on the financial package may prove

contentious; the leftist opposition has called the requirement Ihat oil revenues be used as collateral "treason" and will lead the attack.

Finance Secretary Ortiz will be asked to appear, and

some ruling-party legislators arc likely to join ihe opposition

n voting against the package.

A congressional committee proposal aimed al restarting peace lalks with the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) also will he debated.

The plan recommends creationpeace zone" where talks wiih the EZLN would take place,rogram fur governing Chiapas, ind includes an amnesty agreement that President Zedillo has suggested

Congressmen sponsoring ihe proposal claiir. ihey have lhe support of Government Secretary Mociezuma and Chiapas mediator Ruiz,

The Mexican Congress historically follows the president's wishes in national policy matters, and the large ruling-party majority is likely to endorse the financial package eventually. Furthermore, the development of the Chiapas strategyultiparty committee probably will help smooth its passage.

If ruling-party hardliners see the peace proposal, particularly the new plan for governing Chiapas, overly lenient to rebels, they probably will object.

Figures Encouraging

Mexico's staggering trade deficit was reduced by nearlyercent from lhe previous month lo0 million in January. Compared with last January, exports were up byercent while imports increased byercent. I

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