Af Eva Rasmussen
Tirsdag mødtes den kuppede honduranske præsident Mel Zelaya i Washington med repræsentanter for Organisationen af Amerikanske Stater, OAS. Målet var at få støtte til, at organisationen ikke anerkender det måske kommende valg 29. november. Og det lykkedes, måske.
Valget blev udskrevet, mens Zelaya endnu var præsident, og valgkampen indledtes 31.august, mens tåregassen drev gennem gaderne i de største byer, hovedstaden Tegucigalpa og det industrielle knudepunkt San Pedro Sula.
Efter mødet udsendte OAS følgende pressemeddelelse:
STATEMENT OF THE OAS SECRETARY GENERAL AFTER MEETING WITH THE PERMANENT COUNCIL AND PRESIDENT ZELAYA
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday met with the President of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya, and took part in the private meeting of the OAS Permanent Council with the Honduran leader. After both meetings, Secretary General Insulza said:
“All members of the Council, either with their own voice or through the coordinators of the regional groups showed their continuous and full support to President Zelaya as the President of Honduras. At the same time, they fully ratified all resolutions adopted so far by the General Assembly and the Council itself.
I would like to highlight that, after two months, the fact that both the OAS Permanent Council and the international community have kept a unanimous position is an important achievement. Hopefully we will obtain better results in the coming months”.
Det tog Zelaya, ifgl. det spanske dagblad El País som et løfte om, at medlemmerne af OAS ikke vil anerkende valget, hvis de facto regeringen forstat sidder på magten, men så klart står det ikke i OASs pressemeddelelse.
