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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
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Green Party of California delegates at state
convention vote to impeach Bush and others for roles in Iraq war, attacks on
civil liberties at home
MOORPARK, CA -- The Green Party
of California General Assembly, meeting here over the weekend at its state convention, overwhelming
voted to approve a resolution calling for the impeachment of Pres. George W. Bush, and
other members of his administration, for "high crimes and misdemeanors."
Green delegates also endorsed their statewide
candidate slate for November, headed by gubernatorial candidate Peter
Camejo, and approved two new planks - one strengthening support for "Democratic Unionism" and another
calling for an end to "agricultural dumping" of U.S. products that weaken agricultural economies
of other countries.
The impeachment resolution calls for impeaching
and removing from office of Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H.
Rumsfeld and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Most of the reasons cited in the resolution
directly involved the war in Iraq, including the "deception" by the Bush
Administration employed to start the war, the use of illegal chemical and
biological weapons by the U.S., the targeting of civilians with military weapons, the torture of
prisoners and violation of international treaties prohibiting those actions.
The resolution also condemns the increasing
attacks on civil liberties in the U.S., specifically citing warrantless searches -
including recent revelations of NSA spying on citizens, and the use of "indefinite detentions"
of U.S. citizens without the right to a speedy and public trial.
The resolution specifically noted that the Bush
Administration used "deliberate deceptions (by) repeatedly, consciously, and
with forethought, lying to the American people and the U.S. Congress by providing false and deceptive
rationales for an unjustified and illegal war in Iraq."
Finally, the GPCA added two more counties to its
roster, officially recognizing county delegations from San Benito and Kern
counties.
