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There seems to be a powerful and succinct argument that can be made for and against this proposal by Roger F. Noriega, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affaird. Will the US be willing to allow this "committee" to investigate and monitor the quality of democracy and exercise of centralized governmental power within the United States?? The questionable electoral results from the General Election of 2004, the overt disenfranchisement of minorities, the expansion of security apparatus under the Patriot Act, the denial of due process and other legal rights to detainees--sounds an awful lot like abuses of democracy and totalitarian us of executive power.
If the US is serious about such a proposal, then it must allow, indeed insist that, the committee have such authority to look carefully at the United States as well. Of course, it will not accept this type of oversight and review. Thus the proposal will be withdrawn, if this change is amended into it.
There seems to be a powerful and succinct argument that can be made for and against this proposal by Roger F. Noriega, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affaird. Will the US be willing to allow this "committee" to investigate and monitor the quality of democracy and exercise of centralized governmental power within the United States?? The questionable electoral results from the General Election of 2004, the overt disenfranchisement of minorities, the expansion of security apparatus under the Patriot Act, the denial of due process and other legal rights to detainees--sounds an awful lot like abuses of democracy and totalitarian us of executive power.
If the US is serious about such a proposal, then it must allow, indeed insist that, the committee have such authority to look carefully at the United States as well. Of course, it will not accept this type of oversight and review. Thus the proposal will be withdrawn, if this change is amended into it.
