Het door de VS gewilde en gesteunde bewind van president Juan Orlando Hernandez heeft de staat van beleg afgekondigd, nadat er rellen uitbraken als reactie op overduidelijke manipulaties van de verkiezingsuitslagen….. Burgerrechten zijn buiten werking gesteld, waarnaast politie en leger grote bevoegdheden zijn toegekend, bovendien is er een avondklok ingesteld……

Overigens was het opgaan voor een tweede termijn door president Hernandez al zeer omstreden, daar dit verboden is volgens de Hondurese grondwet, een eerdere president, de socialist Zelaya, wilde dit nog geen 10 jaar geleden, waarop het leger onder regie van de VS (Hillary Clinton) een bloedige staatsgreep pleegde….

Ontslagen en nieuwe benoemingen in het hooggerechtshof, door destijds parlementsvoorzitter Hernandez, werd het eerdere verbod op herverkiezing geschrapt door de nieuw benoemde rechters….. Daardoor kon dezelfde Hernandez nu wel opgaan voor een tweede termijn……. (zonder dat het leger, onder supervisie van de VS, ingrijpt……)

Lid van het congres in de VS, Jan Schakowsky sprak haar ernstige zorgen uit over de verkiezingen in Honduras en zij eist dan ook volledige transparantie van het hoogste Hondurese verkiezingstribunaal (TSE) over de afwikkeling van de verkiezingen. De uitslagen zijn nog steeds niet bekend, het autocratische bewind van Hernandez schijnt de telling stil te hebben gelegd……

Overigens is het de vraag voor de grote onderlaag onder de Hondurezen of ze wat opschieten met de tegenkandidaat van Hernandez, Salvador Nasralla, daar deze lid is van de centrumrechtse coalitie……. En u weet het: waar ‘rechts’ aan de macht is, is de menselijke maat ver te zoeken en is de grote arme onderlaag altijd de klos…… Gelukkig stelt Nasralla wel dat hij de grootschalige corruptie zal aanpakken, al is het maar de vraag of de VS daar blij mee is, immers met een bak geld kon en kan de VS invloed kopen in Honduras………

Intussen treden het leger en politie keihard op tegen demonstranten die vinden dat hun stem is gestolen door de zittende president, daarbij zijn al meerdere doden gevallen…….

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US-Backed Regime in Honduras Imposes Martial Law, Slaughtering
Civilians

December
2, 2017 at 1:04 pm

Written
by Anti-Media
Team

(ANTIMEDIA) —
In
2009, a U.S.-backed
coup ousted
the democratically elected government of Honduras and replaced it
with the regime currently in power. Last Sunday, Hondurans went to
the polls to elect a new leader. The contest was primarily between
the current President Juan Orlando Hernández and Opposition Alliance
candidate Salvador Nasralla.

As
BBC summarized:

“Monday
27 November, 02:00 local time with 57.2% of votes counted:

Salvador
Nasralla leads by 5 percentage points (93,975 votes).

Tuesday
28 November, 18:15 local time with 65.7% of votes counted:

Salvador
Nasralla leads by 3.3 percentage points (72,697 votes).

Wednesday
29 November, 16:58 local time with 82.9% of votes counted:

Juan
Orlando Hernández leads by 0.1 percentage points (2,911 votes).

Thursday
30 November, 05:00 local time with 88.8% of votes counted:

Juan
Orlando Hernández leads by 0.8 percentage points (22,677 votes).”

Thursday’s
updated vote tally inspired Salvador Nasralla to accuse the electoral
court of manipulating the results. “They
take us for idiots and want to steal our victory,” he claimed before
calling on Hondurans to take to the streets in protest. Nasralla said
he will not accept the poll count.

U.S.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky issued the
following statement in response to the presidential election that
took place in Honduras on Sunday:

“Confusion
and chaos reign in Honduras following Sunday’s presidential
election. I am deeply troubled by the delays and lack of transparency
that we have seen from the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal
(TSE). I
have serious concerns that they are engaging in election tampering
and falsifying the results of the election. I
am joining the European Union’s electoral observer mission and the
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Tegucigalpa in
calling for the TSE to be fully transparent and immediately offer
clear, detailed updates on the results of the election. I
hope that our State Department can for once put aside their blind
support for President Juan Orlando Hernandez and evaluate this
election fairly and objectively. We
owe it to the Honduran people to put our support behind free and fair
elections – not our candidate of choice. The eyes of the world are
on Honduras. Democracy must prevail.” [emphasis added]

Following
the release of the disputed results and their candidate’s call for
protest, Nasralla’s supporters filled the streets. They claim to
have evidence of vote tampering and are refusing to end their
protests until the electoral court hears their grievances.

Clashes
quickly resulted in the use
of tear gas against
protesters on Thursday before descending into chaos Friday night
after senior government official Ebal Diaz announced on television
that the Honduran government had suspended
constitutional rights,
giving the army and police more power to crush the protests.

“The
suspension of constitutional guarantees was approved so that the
armed forces and the national police can contain this wave of
violence that has engulfed the country,” Diaz said.

Government
minister Jorge Ramon Hernandez announced in
a statement simultaneously broadcast to TV and radio that beginning
immediately, a nationwide curfew would run from 6 pm to 6 am and
would continue for 10 days. Under the decree, all local authorities
must obey the orders of the army and national police.

On
Saturday, Anti-Media readers
in Honduras contacted the outlet in an attempt to share their
perspective of the grim situation with the world. Hondurans have
claimed that state-funded media is neglecting to inform both
Hondurans and the world of the violence the army and national police
are using against protesters during the suspension of constitutional
rights.

The
violence includes the use of tear gas, batons, and lethal fire that
has resulted in the deaths of multiple Hondurans, which can be seen
in the raw video shared with Anti
Media below.

(WARNING:
GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW)