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Honduras: Crisis without Solution at Sight
TEGUCIGALPA - The crisis in Honduras
threatens to worsen on Tuesday, due to the
facto regime's decision to bring the
electoral process forward, despite failed
agreements to restore institutionality.
On October 30, representatives from the
constitutional government and the
dictatorship had agreed to put restitution
of President Manuel Zelaya and creation of a
unity and reconciliation government before
Congress for approval.
That deal, called as the Tegucigalpa-San
Jose agreement, failed when head of the coup
regime Roberto Micheletti tried to "form a
cabinet with him on the lead, and Parliament
delayed the voting on the constitutional
president's reinstatement in power."
Zelaya, who is at the Brazilian embassy in
that capital, denounced that the putschists
are now plotting to replace Micheletti by
another figurehead to legitimize the
November 29 elections.
Both the legitimate president and the
National Front against the Coup said they
would not recognize an unlawful electoral
process.
The Front, grouping dozens of union,
indigenous, and farmer organizations, as
well as progressive politicians and
representatives from other sectors, have
asked candidates to withdraw from the
electoral race.
This week, independent presidential runner
Carlos H. Reyes presented its resignation
for considering that post-coup conditions do
not allow free clear elections.
The US, which carried out maneuvers to delay
the crisis, is now intending to recognize
elections under the de facto regime, the
resistance censured.
According to US ambassador to Honduras Hugo
Llorens, the elections "would bring
democracy back to the country."
However, most governments and organizations
such as the UN, the Bolivarian Alliance for
the Peoples of Our Americas, and the Rio
Group, have warned that they would not
recognize the elections if Zelaya is not
reinstated.
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