Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Overwhelming abstention in Honduras, between 65 and 70%



The Honduran citizenship massively followed the call of the Resistance Front
Gonzalo Sanchez
At least between 65% and 70% of the population  did not attend Honduran vote, representing only, and a maximum of 30% or 35% of Hondurans exercised the vote, delivering the largest turnout in the history of Honduras.
These data are disseminated the National Front for Popular Resistance (FNRP), previously called National Front of Resistance against the coup, after tracking throughout the election day.
The dictatorship through its repressive forces has taken from their homes to thousands of Hondurans to force to compel them to vote, and allowed Salvadoran rightist ARENA party come to vote because of the influx of people very little in the polls. According denounces the Popular Resistance Front National have had to keep schools open one hour to gather some more votes.
One of the leaders of FNRP, Rafael Alegría, proclaimed "the victory of the coup" and a communiqué, the FSLN announced that "monitoring our national organization made, gives us the level of abstention is at least 65 to 70%, the highest in the nation's history, which means that just voted for a maximum of 30 to 35% of the electorate. In this way the Honduran people have punished candidates coup and dictatorship, who are now in the quandary of how to display before the international public a volume of voters that did not exist. "
The Front, which has the full backing of President Zelaya, who considers the future of Honduras, has also reported that due to the desperation of the rebels, "has been brutally repressed the peaceful demonstration was held in San Pedro Sula, where several comrades were wounded, beaten and arrested and reported missing person. Among the injured is reported by a reporter from Reuters and reported the arrest of two priests of the Latin American Council of Churches who were observing work duties human. "
Venezuela, Nicaragua, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, El Salvador and Uruguay have ratified that they will not recognize the election result because Zelaya is in office.

Source: tercerainformacion.es

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