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GRANMA: Zelaya Proposes Vote to Reform Constitution (EN and SP)
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March 25, 2009

Zelaya Proposes Vote to Reform Constitution

TEGUCIGALPA, March 24.— Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya proposed reforming the country's constitution "to adapt it to the national reality," when announcing a public poll by June 24th on his initiative to convoke a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution.

If the referendum is approved, a vote to elect members of a Constituent Assembly would be included on the general election ballot in November, reported Reuters.

The Assembly would then be charged with drafting a new constitution.

Speaking at a press conference Zelaya said: "The society has undergone substantial and significant changes in recent years that demand a new constitutional framework to adapt it to the national reality as a legitimate aspiration of the people."

Zelaya signed the decree that states, "If the result of the referendum is positive it will serve as the basis for the Executive to send the National Congress a special law that would include a separate vote on convoking the Constituent Assembly in the 2009 general elections."

Four and a half million Hondurans are currently registered to vote for a president, three vice presidents, 256 legislators, 40 representatives to the Central American Parliament, 298 mayors and 3,000 city council members, notes AP.

The current Honduran Constitution has been in force since 1982 and prohibits presidential reelection.

Propone Zelaya consulta popular para reformas a la Constitución

TEGUCIGALPA, 24 de marzo.— El presidente hondureño, José Manuel Zelaya, propuso reformar la Constitución "para adaptarla a la realidad nacional", según dijo al presentar la iniciativa de hacer una consulta popular antes del 24 de junio próximo.

En el referendo se preguntaría a los hondureños si están de acuerdo con que, en las elecciones generales de noviembre, se instale una urna para convocar a una Asamblea Nacional Constituyente que apruebe una nueva Carta Magna, dijo Zelaya en una rueda de prensa, según Reuters.

"La sociedad ha experimentado cambios sustanciales y significativos en los últimos años que demandan un nuevo marco constitucional para adecuarlo a la realidad nacional como una legítima aspiración del pueblo", agregó.

Zelaya firmó un decreto que señala que "el resultado positivo de esta consulta popular servirá de legítimo fundamento para que el Poder Ejecutivo remita al Congreso Nacional un proyecto de ley especial para colocar la cuarta urna en las elecciones generales de noviembre del 2009".

Para los comicios generales están inscritos alrededor de 4,5 millones de hondureños que deberán escoger al presidente, tres vicepresidentes, 256 legisladores, 40 diputados al Parlamento Centroamericano, 298 alcaldes y 3 000 concejales, precisa AP.

La actual Constitución de Honduras, vigente desde 1982, prohíbe la reelección presidencial.

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