Decree:
Article I. Any public official convicted in summary court of having misapplied or stolen more than ten pesos from the public funds shall be subject to capital punishment.
Article II. The judges assigned jurisdiction in such case, according to law, but who fail to adhere to this decree shall be condemned to the same penalty.
Article III. Any citizen can charge public officials with the crime specified in Article I.
Bolivar, Liberator President,
Lima, 12 January 1824.
BOLIVAR, 1830
About Me
- Edgar Garcia
- Edgar Garcia’s poetry, translations and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in a number of publications, including The Antioch Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, Big Bridge, Damn the Caesars, Jacket2, Los Angeles Review of Books, MAKE Magazine, Mandorla and Sous les Pavés. Author of Mayan Texts: A Galactic Birth Canal (Burnt Water Booklets, 2010) and Boundary Loot (Punch Press, 2012), he is also a semi-regular writer at Hydra Magazine and, with Jose-Luis Moctezuma, co-curates the blog nagualli.blogspot.com.
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