Honduras Begins Election Campaigning Amid
Political Crisis
Tegucigalpa - Coup-hit Honduras formally
began its campaigning on Sunday for November
election, some two months after a military
coup set the country into a political
crisis.
Parties have less than 90 days to hold
rallies and make media claims for the late
November election that is set to choose a
president, 128 deputies, 128 substitute
deputies, 298 municipal leaders and 20
deputies and substitutes for the Central
American Parliament.
The Liberal Party is fielding Elvin Santos
for the presidency, while Porfirio Lobo Sosa
is running for the main opposition National
Party.
The Christian Democrats have Felicito Avila
as their candidate, the Innovation and
Democratic Unity Party has Bernard Martinez
and the left-wing Democratic Unity Party,
Cesar Ham.
Carlos Reyes is campaigning for the
presidency as an independent candidate.
The election was called by the Supreme
Electoral Tribunal on May 28, when the
ousted President Manuel Zelaya was still in
office.
Zelaya's supporters have called for a
boycott of the vote, demanding an immediate
reinstatement of Zelaya.
Following the coup, Honduras has been under
huge pressure as many countries in the
region recognize only Zelaya as the
country's president. The Organization of
American States (OAS), which suspended
Honduras in July, has stately clearly that
it will not recognize the result of the
November 29 elections for a new president.
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