Honduran President Advocates for Constititonal Reform
Honduran President Advocates for Constititonal Reform
Juan Orlando HernándezTegucigalpa, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, showed himself in favor of a constitutional reform, a topic that stimulates today the debate in the country.
"The moment has come, to check the social contract of a serious, transparent way, highly participative, and also the whole constitutional documents," the President stated to a local television station.
The President showed in his words the possibility to make out the possibility that in a nearby future, the Congress might check a draft and modify the Constitution. "If it is needed, it would be submitted to the consideration of the people in the next election," he added.
On this matter, the coordinator of opponent political party Libertad y Refundacion, Manuel Zelaya, supported the idea of reforming the constitution, although it showed doubts about the intentions of the executive.
"What do they want to change?: What claims the Government? and: What is the intensity as for this change?, he asked. Nevertheless, he thought that the ambience is propitious and stressed on the need for a new Constitution.
We stated it from 2009 and it was misundertsood, it was said that it was a treachery to the homeland, which it was not possible to be modified, and the fortitudes of all the sectors were irritated, remembered Zelaya, who promoted a non-binding consultation on the topic, and was overthrowed.
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