Legislative Branch Reform – 1997

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Legislative Branch Reform – 1997

1997

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

The Agreement on the Implementation, Compliance and Verification Timetable for the Peace Agreements stipulated that the constitutional reforms related to the makeup of the Congress of the Republic should be presented to the Congress of the Republic for ratification, which took place on 15 May 1997. The Guatemalan government presented the draft constitutional amendments to the Congress on 15 May, thus meeting his requirement.1

MINUGUA established the Program of Institutional Assistance and Legal Reform (PROLEY), which provided direct technical and political support for members of Congress, political parties, the Follow-Up Commission and other bodies.2

  1. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/51/936), June 30, 1997.
  2. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/59/746), March 18, 2005.