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Pro-Zelaya
Organization Issues
Ultimatum for Zelaya's Restitution
TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran
National Resistance Front Against the Coup
gave an ultimatum on Thursday for ousted
President Manuel Zelaya to be restored to
power; otherwise, it would not recognize the
outcome of the upcoming elections.
In a communique, Dagoberto Suazo, a member
of the National Resistance Front, urged the
international community to continue not
recognizing the electoral process.
Meanwhile, congressional deputy of the
Democratic Unification Party, Marvin Ponce,
said the elections in Honduras were in a
state of crisis, and that it was impossible
to hold elections in the aftermath of the
coup.
"(De facto President) Roberto Micheletti
must understand that the Honduran people do
not want him, that he must solve this
problem in peace and harmony," Ponce
stressed.
The President of the Honduran Congress, Jose
Alfredo Saavedra, said on Thursday that he
would not delay the discussion of Zelaya's
restitution in power.
"The Congress will not delay, nor avoid, its
historical responsibility," Saavedra
announced.
"We strive for dialogue; we must fulfill the
role of the National Congress with
responsibility," Saavedra said.
The Congress is formed by 128 deputies.
Zelaya needs 65 of those votes to be
restituted.
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