Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Quebecois is delighted at the decision by the Mexican president, who ordered the army, yesterday, to stop its offensive action in Chiapas and who proposed a truce to the rebels of the Zapatista National Liberation Army.
We hope that the resignation of the governor of the state of Chiapas will help bring peace once again to the region.
Let us hope now that the Mexican government will take whatever steps are required to improve the appalling living conditions of the Indians in the state and that it will succeed in changing the region's political and economic structures in the near future, so that the claims of the people of Chiapas may be defended fairly within the law. By proposing to bring a return to peace and avoid armed confrontation, the Mexican government is giving us hope for the future.