In adopting many measures and initiatives to create a culture of peace, we have attached the utmost importance to reconciliation and forgiveness.

In his view, both the reductions in prison terms and the pardons granted to the torturers violate the right of victims to obtain effective justice.

The President is otherwise not present in the Council, but decides on issues such as personal appointments and pardons on the advice of the relevant minister.

Outstanding legislation to be considered by Parliament will include laws on the referendum and amnesty, the status of the political opposition, the financing of political parties, the draft Constitution and the electoral law.