El Salvador finally has peace after twelve years of civil war. During recent years, violence and poverty have plagued the country due to over-population and class struggles which, caused discontent with social inequalities, a poor economy, and the repressive measures of dictatorship. One of the most violent and bloody chapters of El Salvador’s history has ended in January 16, 1992 that has changed the life for everybody in the country after twelve years of unstoppable wave of murders of civilians, finally brought changes to the country. Despite, their completely contrasting ideologies, the arrangement to culminate the war and attempt to salvage the ruined economy was signed in Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, on January 16, 1992 by Retired
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After arduous negotiations, and very complainingly times, the military commanders decided to accept a reduction in the number of their troops, and the dismissing of individuals and units responsible for human rights crimes, including some massacres such as the one in El Mozote, performed in December 1981 by the Atlacatl Battalion, in which about 30,000 people were kill. Dagoberto Gutiérrez, a former guerrilla commander who also participated in the negotiations points out that “There must be a countrywide agreement with an institutional focus… free from ideologies, motivated only by the desire for a better nation,” (Britannica, p.2). which this help the country to be able to agree to new changes, therefore, this agreement had led to the military forces to accomplished their new change to allow the national civilian police to do their …show more content…
Therefore, an independent national judicial assembly was established to substitute a fair and autonomous bench; also, some schools for judicial trainings were established to improve the professionalism of magistrates and other judicial officials, so the government could do the best from the human rights regulations. Also, a special commission was established to study the current reforms to the electoral code. In addition, Ramón Villalta states that “As long as the (composition of the) Supreme Court remains in the hands of the Asamblea Legislativa (Congress) and is subject to the agreements between party leaderships, it will serve those interests and help society” (Wiarda, p.
After arduous negotiations, and very complainingly times, the military commanders decided to accept a reduction in the number of their troops, and the dismissing of individuals and units responsible for human rights crimes, including some massacres such as the one in El Mozote, performed in December 1981 by the Atlacatl Battalion, in which about 30,000 people were kill. Dagoberto Gutiérrez, a former guerrilla commander who also participated in the negotiations points out that “There must be a countrywide agreement with an institutional focus… free from ideologies, motivated only by the desire for a better nation,” (Britannica, p.2). which this help the country to be able to agree to new changes, therefore, this agreement had led to the military forces to accomplished their new change to allow the national civilian police to do their …show more content…
Therefore, an independent national judicial assembly was established to substitute a fair and autonomous bench; also, some schools for judicial trainings were established to improve the professionalism of magistrates and other judicial officials, so the government could do the best from the human rights regulations. Also, a special commission was established to study the current reforms to the electoral code. In addition, Ramón Villalta states that “As long as the (composition of the) Supreme Court remains in the hands of the Asamblea Legislativa (Congress) and is subject to the agreements between party leaderships, it will serve those interests and help society” (Wiarda, p.