Honduras heads towards the Sunday elections amid the greatest military and police deployment ever in Honduras, with popular and democratic sectors strongly rejecting the voting.
The armed forces have reinforced their presence nationwide, which has been increasing since the June 28 coup, and have even asked over 5,000 army reservists to close ranks.The chief of the joint general staff, Gen. Romeo Vazquez, affirmed that Special Forces are even ready to be taken in choppers to any place of the country if necessary.
Police spokesman Orlin Cerrato said that body is intensifying its operations, with higher presence on streets and jointly working with the Armed Forces.
The National Front against the Coup strongly rebuffs the elections in Honduras, for considering them a fraudulent farce to legitimate the military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya.
Zelaya has said he will impugn the elections as illegal, for they will be made by a repressive de facto regime that has destroyed democratic lawfulness in the country.
The Front yesterday called upon the population to stay in their homes and not to attend the voting.
Leaders from that alliance of social and political forces such as Juan Barahona and Rafael Alegria explained during a demonstration Friday that "it would be a popular curfew."
Alegria added the measure will also prevent Hondurans from being repressed by the nearly 30,000 military and police agents positioned in the country.
Meanwhile, in the northern city of San Pedro Sula, organizations affiliated to the Front have convened a march Sunday to reject the voting.
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