Thank you for your question, Mr. Rodriguez.
You have to understand that this issue has been around for six decades. Several governments have failed in their attempt to put in place a process to commemorate the events surrounding the internment. When I met with the four organizations that co-signed the agreement- in-principle, I gave them the opportunity to set up an advisory committee.
I offered to those organizations to nominate members to the advisory board. They declined. Their position was that they wanted an endowment fund. I looked at the possibility of an endowment fund, and my officials advised it would not comply with the law. I have to comply with the law, but I also wanted to move forward on the issue and I thought this was the best way to do so.