for Constituent Assemhly held in Peru last Sunday. The first results we have received indicate a drumatic growth in the influence of the far left.
FOCEP (Workers Sudents und Paor People's Front, the electoral Front launched by Truisksins of the International, ha-gained 15 per cent of the vote. Ten of its candidales are non members of the Constituent Assemble.
VETERAN Tapping the Wist is Blunco, the veteran Perucian resolutionary and leader of the Christian Fourth International. Blanco, as readers will recall, was recentle deported from Peru hy the militury regine. Were difficult for them to prevent relurning participating in the The bulk of the FOCEP vote PeaMOS HORE BACCHEE Financial Times reported on Way THE Ten Sime parts t the the slums of Lima it registered Fourth wither parties* The largest party appears to he the old nationalist grouping APRA American Allancel led by the aging Husu de in Torre, It won 36 per cent Haigo of the sates The right-wing Party cam with per percent. and FOCKP rhind with 15 per cent. proMosenw munist Parties and the Maoists the working class parties a a whole appear to have one-third delibera- members Constituent Assembly DEFIANT nationalists of the Tionary Socialist Party, they bave near 40 per ceat of the roles. At the very least this Indicates that (Popular efforts of the military Junta the Revolutionary masses remnsin detiant.
The manifesto of FOCEP reflected the Trotskyist L charucier Popular, electoral front It linked is second campoign to the mass struggles in Peru. lewis identified in the eyes of Com- the working musses with the teneral strike which shook the sear And left.
Revoludespite the employees young sudents, ete predominuntly What Is oF the there will he clearly determined to use its presence in the Amembly ki Fight for u new Peruvian Constitution.
The draft it put forward in ie elections emphasises the Penu. existing economic social relations in l'eru, the replacement of the judiciary by elected "popular tribunals, the clans get die ration t of the standing Carmed defence committees of workers, peasants, people. Nest Important Is that at least ten members of the new Assembly light for such a transformation inside as well us DIER BE SECORDUTIA The phormons pains me he the FOCUP. their warking chan support and the prestige of one of their rentral leader. Huge Blanco, also lays the basis far building a string and powerful unified revolutionary purts in If last Sunday', vote is any reflection, then this parts could become the major wurking party Peru relativels short space of time week: exclusi interview with Hugo Blunce.