KURD-A Documentation
March 3, 1995

PKK Offers Amnesty To Village Guards

     The Central Committee of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),
following its Fifth Party Congress, passed a resolution on February
25, 1995, offering a national amnesty. This amnesty is specifically
aimed at village guards, who have been given until the end of May
to decide whether or not to accept the amnesty. During the PKK's
Fifth Congress, delegates agreed that village guards did not
willingly take on their positions, but rather are forced to do so
by the Turkish government. It is the Turkish government which is
guilty of forcing Kurds to betray their own people. This is done in
order to weaken the national liberation movement. The PKK is the
only hope for the Kurdish people. That's why things cannot go on as
they have in the past. Even though errors and mistakes were allowed
in the past, the PKK can no longer give these people a chance.
Treason to their own people is a sickness which manifests itself
visibly. The village guard system has brought nothing but ruin, and
this will continue unless something is done to stop it. That's why
the PKK says:

"Stop being pressured by the Turkish government! Don't believe
their foolish propaganda! Don't become pawns of the Turkish
government, which is only seeking to undermine the National
Liberation Front of Kurdistan by any means! Stop carrying the shame
of treason on your conscience!"