Honduras De Facto
Government Extends
Curfew To Daytime
Tegucigalpa - Honduras'
de facto government announced Monday that
the night-time curfew declared earlier was
extended into daytime Tuesday for fears of
protests in favor of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
Earlier, the de facto Honduran government on
declared a curfew from at 16:00 (2200 GMT)
Monday to 7:00 a.m. (1300 GMT) Tuesday. Now
the curfew will be on until at 6 p.m. (0000
GMT) Tuesday evening, said the government in
a statement.
Meanwhile, the army and police are ready to
"guarantee the safety of people," said the
statement.
According to Defense Minister Lionel Sevilla,
all flights to Tegucigalpa have been
suspended indefinitely.
The deposed president announced his
surprising return to Honduras on Monday and
is currently hosted at the Brazilian embassy
in Tegucigalpa, where thousands of his
followers gathered to demand his restitution
in power.
The U.S. government has called on followers
and opponents of Zelaya to "abstain from any
provocative actions."
"We continue to believe that the best
mechanism to restore the democratic order
(in Honduras) is through the San Jose
Agreement," the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa
said in a short statement.
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias proposed
the San Jose Agreement, which includes
Zelaya's restoration in power, political
amnesty, and to advance the general
elections from November to October.
Zelaya was ousted on June 28 and taken by
force to Costa Rica. Since then, the de
facto government ordered a curfew from 21:00
(0300 GMT) to 6:00 a.m. (1200 GMT). The
curfew had later been reduced and suspended. |
