Election Terrorism

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 12:46

Editorial Diario Tiempo, November 25, 2009

The de facto government's attitude towards elections is contradictory. Call everyone to vote, but in the end tends to create panic, as if his goal was to dissuade voters from going to vote, at least citizens against the military dictatorship. 

While that happens in reality, the  spokesman State Department of the United States, Ian Kelly, says that everything is normal in the Honduran electoral process, since it was developed prior to the coup of June 28 and unwrapping in a climate of freedom and transparency. 

However, the official machinery for next Sunday's election indicates a state of violence and government hysteria  never seen before on the eve of voting, which began to manifest itself with the militarization of the process through the use of all military personnel and police (16,000 and 14,000 respectively) plus 5.500 military reservists as "custodians" for the election. 

This is added the declaration of a state of national emergency "for all activities related to the general election process." Of course, this emergency involves applying a lot of money. Something like a business emergency. 

Indeed, the relevant executive order puts aside the State Procurement Act, and authorizes "the Secretary of Defense, so you can contract directly with all matters relating to the acquisition of materials, equipment and supplies for military operations aimed to guarantee the free suffrage, custody, transportation and monitoring of electoral materials. 

Also, the de facto government has prepared and distributed among the "national staff and their dependents," which certainly includes members of the Civic Democratic Union coup in an instruction that tells them that in the days before and during the election day, 'do not do political commentary of any kind ". In addition, other recommendations include: 

Make sure you have food and drink for two or three days' stay at home and medication to those who so require. 

Have your phone with police, firefighters and ambulances. 

If you must move to another city or town to vote, do so in due time according to the recommendations to be issued thereon and return when it is authorized by the management or security focal position. 

No movements are allowed two days before, during and until two days after the election between cities. 

If for some situation is arrested by the police or military, abide by their decisions, ask to speak with the chief roadblock to seek explanations and call Radio Room TE 220 1269 or your job security focal. 

The question is what are you so afraid? What resistance against the coup, which has neither a pin in his pockets, or a presumed reaction of party members who feel defeated by a monstrous electoral fraud? Or is it to manipulate the electoral security funding?