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Rejection of
Honduras Vote under Coup Grows
TEGUCIGALPA - Rejection of holding elections under the de
facto regime in Honduras keeps growing among
large social sectors, and anti-coup
candidates have announced their withdrawal
from the process.
Opponents to the June 28 military coup in
that country yesterday agreed to ignore the
elections if constitutional order and
President Manuel Zelaya are not reinstated.
It is impossible to attend elections under a
military dictatorship, noted presidential
runners Carlos H. Reyes, independent, and
Cesar Ham, from the Democratic Unification
Party (UD).
The dialogue between representatives of
Zelaya and the head of the de facto regime,
Roberto Micheletti, was the last chance to
restore democratic lawfulness in the
country, and failed yesterday after 15 days
of talks.
Micheletti's delegates essentially remained
against Zelaya's reinstatement, the same
stance they adopted when the mediating plan
was presented over three months ago by Costa
Rican president Oscar Arias, to try to solve
the crisis.
Their intention was to make the dialogue
fail, to get to the November elections and
legitimize the coup, said lawyer Rodil
Rivera Rodil, one of Zelaya's
representatives.
However, anti-coup candidates have agreed to
massively withdraw from the electoral
process if constitutional order is not
restored.
The unanimous decision was adopted at a mass
assembly of the National Front against the
coup, with the attendance of aspirants to
mayors, deputies, president, and other posts
of factions opposing the de facto regime.
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