30 August 2010 | Interviews | Resisting neoliberalism
One Million Voices
Over 1 million signatures in favor of Constituent Assembly in Honduras
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On Monday, August 30th, the National Front of Popular Resistance reported that over 1 million Honduran people have signed to call a National Constituent Assembly that allows, among other things, the “safe and unconditional return” of President Manuel Zelaya and other 200 ousted leaders.
Now, they will work to get to the set goal of 1,250,000 signatures to begin the drafting of a new Constitution, before September 15th.
The next count will take place in Tegucigalpa, capital city of the country, on September 5th, according to the Front´s website.
The situation suffered by the Honduran people with illegitimate president Porfirio Lobo is being denounced at international level. In an interview with La Voz de los Movimientos, priest and activist Fausto Milla assessed the situation of the country, fourteen months after the coup d´etat.
Milla said that the attacks against the Honduran people are “permanent” and that the loss of job sources during Lobo´s administration has risen systematically. “The oligarchy is raising prices and ALBA and Petrocaribe´s agreements have been abandoned, that is, everything went back to square one”, said the leader, remembering Zelaya´s struggle against oil companies to lower prices.
The national resistance is present in the streets and the small media. Milla said that one of the main demands of the Front in the future will be to find the people responsible for the 200 murders of members of the resistance, which have been considered as common crimes.
