Zelaya's
Followers Urge To Boycott
Elections in Honduras
Tegucigalpa - The
followers of the ousted Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya on Thursday called on people
to reject and boycott the general elections
scheduled for Nov. 29.
The call came two days before the country's
Electoral Supreme Court inaugurated the
beginning of election campaigns.
The National Resistance Front, which opposes
the June 28 coup that sent Zelaya into
exile, said in a communique that the general
elections without the restitution of the
constitutional order would legalize the
military violence.
The group urged people to "deny the
electoral campaign, the process and the
results, if Zelaya is not returned in his
charge as legitimate constitutional
president."
It also called on the leftist parties and
independent candidates to have a coherent
political position by ignoring the
elections.
Rafael Alegria, leader of Honduran rural
organization Via Campesina, also asked
Hondurans not to vote, saying that if they
vote it would be like giving legality to the
coup.
The election date was decided on May 28, a
month before Zelaya was deposed.
Since the coup, Zelaya has tried many
occasions to reenter his country, without
success.
A mission of the Organization of American
States (OAS) has been to Honduras to seek
quick return of Zelaya, but ended without
breakthrough.
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