Bricker: Coup Fears in Honduras

Voters in Honduras, heading to the polls on Sunday, were scheduled to vote on whether November’s presidential election would include a referendum on reforming the nation’s constitution. But eleventh hour maneuverings in the courts and the legislature have sought to deny the Honduran people that vote, and the country’s military literally kidnapped the ballots, while surrounding the presidential palace and the capital city airport.

President Manuel Zalaya – who favors the referendum – led more than 25,000 Hondurans on a car caravan to the military base where the ballots were being sequestered, entered the base, and freed the ballots for use in Sunday’s election.

Bricker reports:

“Civil society organizations and UN General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto have warned of a possible coup attempt by the Honduran military. D'Escoto's spokesperson said that the Assembly President ‘clearly and strongly condemns the attempted coup d’etat that is currently unfolding against the democratically elected Government of President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras.’ Fears of a coup stem from a military deployment around the Presidential Palace and the Toncontín airport on Thursday.

“…President Zelaya has called for mass mobilizations in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa ‘to make decisions in favor of Honduran democracy and development.’

“Peasant leader Rafael Alegría told TeleSUR that peasants, indigenous people, and workers from around the country have set out from around the country towards the capital to support the president, and that some have already arrived.”

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