Statement by Mexican
Fourth Internationalists
Both the FMLN and the FPL have issued communiques defining their positions with respect to the formation of the
Revolucionario (MOR - Revolutionary Workers Movement). These statements not only make sharp criticisms of the MOR but publicly accuse Cayetano Carpio (Marcial) of ordering the murder of Companera Ana Maria. The Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (PRT, Revolutionary Workers Party) considers it necessary to make clear its disagreements with these com-
The FMLN has publicized three different versions to explain the terrible murder of Comandante Ana Maria. The first was that the CIA had committed the
Then it said that the perpetrator was an FPL leader called Marcelo.
fundamentally responsible for Ana Maria's death was Cayetang Carpio.
PMN has publicized two versions to explain the suicide of Companero Cayetano Carpio. The first was that Carpio committed suicide out of grief at the murder of his long-time comrade Ana Maria. Carpio was hailed as a hero of the revolution and guide of the FMLN. day it is said that his suicide was an act of cowardice prompted by the discovery of his role in Ana Maria's murder.
The FLMN criticizes those who disseminate the "sectarian and dogmatic thought of Cayetano Carpio." The PRT published an editorial in Bandera Socialista in which it accepted the first version about the suicide. It ran a sketch of Cayetano Carpio's life, using the biog
Barricada [the organ of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN]. published in La Batalla [the PRT's theoretical journal] excerpts from Cayetano Carpio's last speech, in which he talked about the party and the sort of unity that has to be built.
We might argue, and in fact we think it is correct to do so, that the fact that the FMLN has put out so many different ver sions about these events - with a hero be. ing transformed overnight into a sectarian dogmatist - has, to say the least, complicated the task of the left organizations involved in the work of solidarity with the Salvadoran revolution in peasants in our countries. But this is only part of the problem, and unfortunately the least important part.
3. The FMLN and FPL communiques characterize Marcial's thought "sectarian and dogmatic," but they do not explain why, they just assert it. They say that Carpio was against unity. Anybody would wonder, was he for breaking up the FMLN? What specific form of unity was he against? This is just an ex-
We need more information, in particular the Salvadoran masses need more information. We are convinced that a debate has been going on in the FMLN and that it is not over. It has not been conducted in the best way. This debate is over the general political orientation in El Salvador and not about the role of one or another person.
Because, if it is true, as the FMLN says, that Marcial ordered the murder of Ana Maria, this would mean that political arguments were replaced by violence within the mass movement, and that would obviously make it impossible to carry out
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4. We think that, considering the political positions and what we know, that the debate that was going on was among revolutionists. It is normal in a situation such as the one developing in El Salvador for different ideas and proposals to come forward. In fact, what is reflected in this debate are various levels of mass consciousness. Such a dispute can be resolved in a positive way if there are adequate channels for debating the various
The best way to fight factioncontinue to support the revolutionary democratic program and fight for greater
Yankee imperialism, which bears the main responsibility for the travail that the Salvadoran masses are going through, is more intent on war than ever. It is the duty of all of us to defeat this No. 1 common enemy. We understand the difficulties the FMLN has in confronting such a powerful enemy. But we are certain that sooner or later the Salvadoran people will emerge victorious and take control of their own fate by building a new society in which there is no exploitation or oppression.
Political Committe of the
Partido Revolucionario de los
Trabajadores
Mexico City
January 23, 1984 positions. alism is through democratic discussion, both in the political and in the social or-