Carlos H. Reyes pulls out
Spanish language sources including Honduras La Prensa are reporting that Carlos Reyes has pulled out of the elections.
Updates as we have more details.
Update 7:00 AM PDT: "The last mask that has fallen is the mask of the United States of America; we cannot continue with this disaster ("papada"), time has run out," said Reyes. "We withdraw from the electoral process because it is of the golpistas, not the people. Monday I will withdraw offically, and from today (Sunday) I am announcing it to the media." Reyes added that what will come of the November 29 elections is a bastard government (gobierno espurio).
Reyes indicated he is not withdrawing from the Frente, from politics, or from the popular fight.
Update 10:45 AM PDT: Its official, Carlos H. Reyes has officially withdrawn from the election by formally notifying the Election Tribunal this morhttp://hondurascoup2009.blogspot.com/2009/11/carlos-h-reyes-pulls-out.htmlning.
Updates as we have more details.
Update 7:00 AM PDT: "The last mask that has fallen is the mask of the United States of America; we cannot continue with this disaster ("papada"), time has run out," said Reyes. "We withdraw from the electoral process because it is of the golpistas, not the people. Monday I will withdraw offically, and from today (Sunday) I am announcing it to the media." Reyes added that what will come of the November 29 elections is a bastard government (gobierno espurio).
Reyes indicated he is not withdrawing from the Frente, from politics, or from the popular fight.
Update 10:45 AM PDT: Its official, Carlos H. Reyes has officially withdrawn from the election by formally notifying the Election Tribunal this morhttp://hondurascoup2009.blogspot.com/2009/11/carlos-h-reyes-pulls-out.htmlning.
Too late for fair elections
With three weeks to go as of today to the scheduled date of elections, I think it is time to say clearly: elections held under the current conditions will not solve anything.
Campaigning has not been possible. People's attention is directed exclusively to the political crisis. Militarization of the country has created an atmosphere of repression that, while highest for those dissenting from the current governmental system, also must affect others who might not have as strong a position on constitutional reform, but may be discouraged from participating freely in elections.
And what would these Honduran citizens be expecting of any government they elect? Remember that the balloting goes from the level of municipal jurisdiction up to that of the presidency. It is important not to reduce the November balloting to simply a contest between 5 or 6 presidential candidates.
That seems to us to be what the US State Department logic is based on. Only if you think the "solution" is getting someone, anyone, into the presidential office who did not seize power illegally through the actions of the military could you possibly say, as Hugo Llorens isquoted as saying on Radio America today,
Saying the elections are definitely going to occur, Llorens continued
Two wrongs do not make a right.
Campaigning has not been possible. People's attention is directed exclusively to the political crisis. Militarization of the country has created an atmosphere of repression that, while highest for those dissenting from the current governmental system, also must affect others who might not have as strong a position on constitutional reform, but may be discouraged from participating freely in elections.
And what would these Honduran citizens be expecting of any government they elect? Remember that the balloting goes from the level of municipal jurisdiction up to that of the presidency. It is important not to reduce the November balloting to simply a contest between 5 or 6 presidential candidates.
That seems to us to be what the US State Department logic is based on. Only if you think the "solution" is getting someone, anyone, into the presidential office who did not seize power illegally through the actions of the military could you possibly say, as Hugo Llorens isquoted as saying on Radio America today,
The elections will be part of the actuality and will return Honduras to a road to democracy.Although Llorens, who has been the best voice of the State Department throughout this whole crisis, in terms of understanding the Honduran issues and being clear (clearer than Washington) about what is at stake and what has to happen, does state that this election is about everything from the level of mayor to president, as a diplomat, he is engaging in wishful thinking if he truly believes at this late date that the elections can be held in a way that will be understood by the Honduran people as free, transparent, and fair.
Las elecciones serán parte de la realidad y devolverán a Honduras a un camino a la democracia.
Saying the elections are definitely going to occur, Llorens continued
the Honduran people have the right to elect their president, a new Congress and mayors... and it would be a historic error of grand proportion to deny this right.Well, yes. But that historic error already happened when, on June 28, the right of the Honduran people to elect their President in 2005 was denied in a military coup, leading to a de facto regime which now pretends that holding polling under its supervision will correct things.
el pueblo hondureño tiene derecho de elegir a su presidente, un nuevo Congreso y alcaldes (...), y sería un error históricoy de grandes proporciones negar ese derecho.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
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