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Zelaya's Restitution to Guarantee Elections
TEGUCIGALPA - The immediate restitution of
overthrown President Manuel Zelaya is an
indispensable condition to guarantee
elections in Honduras, according to a
resistance leader.
Carlos Eduardo Reina, president of the
Liberal Coordinator against the Coup d'Etat,
warned that the deadline for the November 29
elections is near.
Speaking on the program Resistance, by the
National Front against the Coup d'Etat,
Reina noted that two weeks is too long for
Zelaya's restitution in order to guarantee
ordered and transparent elections.
It has to be immediately, he said on the
program on Radio Globo, which has been
broadcasting on the Internet since it was
closed and its equipment was confiscated by
the police last Monday, during the state of
siege in force in Honduras.
More than 100 candidates from the Liberal
Party said on Friday that they would not
participate in the elections if
constitutional order and Zelaya are not
reestablished as soon as possible.
Reina pointed out that taking part in the
elections under present conditions, under
the June 28 military coup, means to be
accomplices to another deception to the
people.
The National Front, independent candidates
and the Democratic Unification Party, among
other political forces opposed to the
violation of democracy, also condemned the
elections under present circumstances.
Reina, who is accompanying Zelaya in the
Brazilian Embassy, where the president was
welcomed after his unexpected return to
Honduras on September 21, ratified Zelaya's
will to dialogue to find a peaceful solution
to the crisis.
He added that negotiations cannot be held
amid the state of siege decreed by the de
facto regime, which has green light to
murder, repress people's demonstrations and
close media organizations.
Reina noted that the immediate derogation of
the suspension of constitutional guarantees
is an inexcusable condition to hold serious
talks.
He pointed out that Zelaya has kept his
commitment to the people to hold a
constituent assembly to change the
conditions of injustice and inequality
imposed by the ten families ruling Honduras.
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