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EU Not To
Recognize Honduran Election Without
Agreement
PANAMA - A European
Union official said on Thursday that the 27-
nation bloc would not recognize Honduras'
Nov. 29 election results if there was no
agreement between the de facto government
and the ousted president.
Petros Mavromichalis, EU representative for
Central America, said "under the current
circumstances it will be difficult to
recognize the results of the elections,
unless the situation (in Honduras) changes."
The EU representative added that both sides
must have some political will to find a
satisfactory solution to the political
crisis in their country, which has left
Honduras in a difficult, vulnerable,
socially violent and uncertain situation.
The representative said the restriction on
citizens' rights in Honduras is the other
factor to hamper the transparency of the
coming elections, to which the European
Union would not send observers as a support.
"The current situation in Honduras is not
the right one for holding free and
democratic elections, that is why we (EU)
have annulled participation through a
delegation of electoral observers," said
Mavromichalis who expected neighboring
countries like Panama could play a more
constructive role in helping solve the
Honduran crisis.
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