Honduras election has "a transparent and massive turnout"

[L. Coyote]

At least, that's what Honduras foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras said,
before he corrected himself and acknowledged the elections WILL have "a transparent and massive turnout" :rofl:

Nothing fixed here. Move on.

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Honduras: Minister defends 'ban' on broadcaster
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.4036801999

Rome, 25 Nov. (AKI) - Honduras foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras has defended a ban by the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti on a popular broadcaster thought to be sympathetic to deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, ahead of this week's presidential elections. Last week the Honduran TV network Canal 36, also known as Cholusat Sur, claimed its signal had been interrupted by the Micheletti government which since taking power has allegedly tightened controls over the media.

However, Contreras told Adnkronos International (AKI) that the ban on Canal 36 was justified.

"If we look at respect for freedom of speech anywhere in the world, and you actually hear what the channel is saying daily, you would see that in any country in the world, with or without elections, this channel would have been suspended," he said.

He said Canal 36 'belonged' to Zelaya .... Contreras rejected Zelaya's allegations that Micheletti was being supported by Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga.

"Zelaya's accusations have absolutely no foundation. The cardinal is a person which has a global reach and he would never put in jeopardy his image for a political situation. I consider Zelaya's claims unfair."

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"Presidential candidates must have the confidence that the electoral process is transparent, legitimate and that they will not be victims of fraud or imposition," .... He also said that the views of the secretary-general of the Organization of American States, (OAS) the Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza, were irrelevant.

"Elections are the expression of popular sovereignty of a nation and if the candidates and parties are satisfied, it does not matter what Insulza says in the OAS nor the observers.

"Observers do not give us legitimacy or validity...the world has to accept what this is, a transparent and massive turnout - or what we hope that it will be massive - and that there will be no complaints."

Honduras will host elections on 29 November to choose a president, 128 deputies for the Congress, 20 for the Central American Parliament and 298 mayors.

[Downwinder]

1. Methinks Canal 36 with the internet has a more global range than

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga

[Judi Lynn]

2. Holy smoke! Whole lot of hot air coming from the foreign minister!

Someone light a match.

http://cache.daylife.com.nyud.net:8090/imageserve/0gkrdxe5lxe6C/439x.jpg

Meeting with right-wing ####, Rep. Jim DeMint and company.

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foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras

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Honduran soldiers hiding grafitti

The truth hurts, doesn't it, jerks?

[Downwinder]

3. Make sure its a big kitchen match. n/t