[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: May 23, 1994]
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     TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT CARTER'S ROLE IN THE PANAMANIAN ELECTIONS

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I commend President Carter for his important 
role in the recent elections in Panama. President Carter led an 
international delegation made up of leaders from throughout the 
hemisphere to observe the recent elections in Panama. The Carter 
delegation found those elections to have been free and fair.
  It was particularly fitting for President Carter to return to witness 
the first free and fair elections in decades in Panama. Only 5 years 
ago, President Carter and President Ford led another international 
delegation to observe the 1989 elections. That delegation found the 
elections to be fraudulent, thus delegitmizing the electoral process 
and heightening international opposition to the Noriega regime. The 
delegation's findings were widely accepted and ultimately the regime 
was forced to annul the elections.
  President Carter's contribution to the free and fair elections in 
Panama is only the latest in a series of efforts he has made to monitor 
elections in this hemisphere and around the world. Mr. President, I 
hope my colleagues will join me in commending President Carter for the 
outstanding role he continues to play in fostering democracy in the 
Americas and around the world.

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