National Assembly speaker Henry Ramos Allup said the measure passed after a second round of debate, sparking opposition lawmaker chants of "Freedom!" even as the president's socialist party's minority lawmakers voiced disgust.
"This law is aimed at laying the foundations for national reconciliation," said lawmaker Delsa Solorzano, who sponsored the legislation.
The measure demands the release of some 76 political prisoners, and hundreds of "politically "persecuted and exiled" due to their opposition to the leftist government in power for the past 17 years, she said .... http://news.yahoo.com
