Amnesty Bill for
Honduran Putschists Rejected
TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran Congress will be
debating an amnesty bill, on Tuesday, for
the authors of the coup against President
Manuel Zelaya, amid strong rejection by the
civil society because crimes against
humanity will go unpunished.
It was revealed in Parliament that the
projected norm will include pardon for
political and common crimes committed by
those involved in the coup, such as treason,
sedition, terrorism, violence, vandalism,
and abuse of authority.
The National Front against the Coup,
gathering popular organizations and
progressive parties, factions of different
trends, lawyers, deputies, human rights
defenders, among other sectors, have
strongly rejected the bill.
According to legislator and former Attorney
General Edmundo Orellana, the amnesty will
be approved because it will favor
parliamentarians and military involved in
the coup.
"It is obvious that the political crimes
against democracy, the State and the
Republic were committed from Congress, and
the coup was plotted there," Orellana
denounced.
On June 28, hooded military, in connivance
with the oligarchy, the Supreme Court of
Justice, the Attorney's Office, and
Parliament kidnapped the president and took
him to Costa Rica by force. |
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