Stalinists seek 'cordial relations' with army

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Queen Sofia casting their votes even the most elementary democratic rights-such as the right to strike and organise freely, the right to free expression, the rights of women (abortion and contraception) and of homosexuals, or the rights to national self-determination, for the Basques, Catalans and other nationalities of Spain.

Shameless

Carrillo's politics of shameless cooperation with the bourgeoisie and of betrayal of one workers' struggle after another do not and cannot gain democratic rights as he claims.

Extracts from the Spanish CP election The role of the CP has been crucial in bringing about the democratic constitution.

We were not in favour of having general elections now.

The urgent thing was to confront the most pressing political and economic problems-unemployment, the crisis, terrorism, autonomies and not delaying the municipal elections.

With your vote on March 1 give the elections a new meaning: Spain needs a policy of democratic concentration and a majority government of a progressive kind.

To get that the decisive thing is an increase in Communist votes and deputies.

Therefore, the useful vote is the Communist vote which will influence the democratic forces as a whole to take into account the interests of the workers and of the progress of the whole people. Reform of the State. :

Once the constitution is in force it will be the priority task of the new Cortes to develop its content, beginning with the reform of the State, so that it is of the service of the people. Among the primary questions here are:

*Laws of Public Function which increase the responsibility and effectiveness of the Administration.

*An organic law on the Armed Forces to accentuate the unity of the people with their army, and to defend the national territory and the constitutional order.

#A now relationship of mutual and cordial confidence between the people and the forces of public order.

The Struggle against terrorism.

Terrorism is the mortai enemy of the workers and of democratie advance.

Today in Spain terrorism is essentially that of ETA. To fight against it and eradicate it, the mobilisation of the workers citizens is essential.

Also it is just as fundamental to eliminate all kinds of social support or arguments which provide a supposed justification for terrorism.

In this sense what is urgent are solutions to the problems of the autonomies, unemployment, youth and all kinds of social marginalisation.

For a progressive alternative in face of, the economic and social crisis. , For a new model of development. The grave economic crisis, and its evolution during 1978, have proved that at this time the central problem is unemployment.

A problem which, along with inflation, cannot be resolved without a true global alternative, which emphasises an important expansion of public works housing, education, health, public transport), unemployment, insurance and sufficient and worthwhile pensions.

Against the position of the right and the social democrats, who think that a system whose own internal logic leads to 10% of the workers permanently without jobs is justifiable, the CP proposes the definition of new functions and tasks for the public sector, and the creation non-discriminatory conditions for small and medium enterprise.

For a foreign policy peace and non-alignment.

A democratic Spain needs a policy of peace, coexistence, friendship and cooperation with all countries.

A programme to consolidate and develop democracy.

We Communists will fight in the Cortes and among the masses for this programme.

We offer it for discussion among the whole people and among the other democratic and progressive forces elected to the future Parliament.

After such a discussion Government could be formed with a parliamentary majority and with true popular support, capable of successfully confronting the next four years of democratic advance - and consolidation.

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