The Acts of Convention

House of Deputies

Original Text of Resolution:

(D133)

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church acknowledge the now-established electoral process in El Salvador as an effective expression of the political will of the people of that country within which representative government is chosen; and be it further

Resolved, That the President and Congress of the United States in deliberating on aid to the government of El Salvador be urged to require that the armies and forces of all factions in El Salvador be brought fully under civilian control through the electoral and budget processes in that country.

Proposed Committee Amendment:

In the first Resolved, strike the words "[the] now-established electoral process in El Salvador as an effective expression of the political will of the people of that country within which representative government is chosen" and following the words "Episcopal Church acknowledge," add the words "the progress being made toward establishing an electoral process in El Salvador that will lead to an effective expression of the political will of the people of that country."

Deputy Shoen of Minnesota moved that the resolution be tabled until consideration of A160.

A division of the vote was requested.

Motion carried

Resolution tabled

Resolution D133 (Electoral Process in El Salvador) as amended was removed from the table for consideration.

Deputy Shoen of Minnesota moved that the Committee be discharged from further consideration of D133 as amended as the subject had been covered by Resolution A160 (Central America).

The question was called.

Motion carried

Debate terminated

A vote was taken on the motion to discharge the Committee from further consideration of D133 as amended.

Motion defeated

A vote was taken on D133 as amended.

Motion carried

Resolution adopted with amendment

(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #179)