Ousted Honduran President
Proposes To Restore Democracy, National
Reconciliation
QUITO - Former Honduran president Manuel
Zelaya submitted a proposal to the Union of
South American Nations (UNASUR) in the
Ecuadorian capital Quito on Monday,
requesting to restore democracy and national
reconciliation in Honduras.
During a meeting Monday with the current
rotatory president of UNASUR, Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa, Zelaya said he
hoped Honduras would return to the "concert"
of South American nations.
According to Ecuadorian official sources,
Zelaya requested constitutional guarantees
that allow exiled Hondurans to return to
their country.
"Our civil and political rights should be
respected. The persecution against those who
have denounced the coup should finish,"
Zelaya said.
The ousted president demanded freedom of
expression for the Honduran people, saying
that "those who do not agree with the way in
which the country is being ruled since the
coup could express it without being
persecuted or killed."
Zelaya also asked to be a member of the
Central American Parliament.
The former Honduran president, who was
ousted in June 2009, started to tour several
Latin American countries on Monday. On
Tuesday, he will travel to Venezuela to meet
with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. |
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