project, is considered the fundamental link for the promotion of the multiethnic democracy hallowed in the Political Constitution of the country. As a result of that alliance, it was possible to elect two indigenous individuals and an Afro-descendant woman as Representatives in the National Assembly and an indigenous individual and an Afro-descendant as Representatives in the Central American Parliament. In this manner, the number of Afro-descendants and indigenous people in executive positions at the level of the central government has been notably increased. Notwithstanding the aforementioned points, the breach between rhetoric and reality persists, provoking that the ideals of autonomy continue to be seen as mere aspirations and the fundamental subjects of this process of autonomy, which are the indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, see time and time again their possibilities reduced to participate in the election process and in the formulation and implementation of public policies in conditions of equality in front of an overwhelming mestizo majority. It is therefore required to implement profound reforms in electoral law and the law for the identification of citizenship and that the indigenous and Afro-descendant agenda is included in the plans of national development and to strengthen regional integration. The legitimacy of the States and stability in Central American societies requires the full acceptance of the multiethnic and multicultural nature of our countries, promoting and respecting judicial norms within the context of a multiethnic democracy, guaranteeing a just and effective participation of all the peoples that form the Central American homeland.

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