Legal Status and Mission
PARLACEN is the regional assembly of SICA and acts as a permanent political organ to represent opinions and to carry out analyses and discussions about political, economic and cultural affairs of common interest. It is to achieve a peaceful coexistence within the framework of security and social welfare, which is well-founded in representative and participative democracy, in pluralism and in respect for national legislation and international law.
PARLACEN has the status of a legal entity according to international law.
PARLACEN is the organ for democratic and political representation of the people of Central America and the Dominican Republic. Therefore it takes the parliamentary functions of the common system of the regional integration in order to achieve solidarity between our people.
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