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<p><span style="font-size:
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style="background-color:
white;">*SOA Watch fully
reproduces the statement
made by the Civic Council
of Popular and Indigenous
Organizations of Honduras
(COPINH in Spanish)</span></span></p>
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<p>For over a week, the people
have defended in the streets
the will that they expressed
at the polls. The flagrant
theft that they want to carry
out through fraud is
undeniable. <b>The people
know it and the
international community
should understand that the
narrow interests of Juan
Orlando Hernández (JOH) and
the elite powers that he
represents alone are
maintaining the crisis by
refusing to accept defeat.</b><br>
<br>
It has been clearly
demonstrated how the
leadership of the National
Party, which includes the
President of the Supreme
Electoral Council David
Matamoros, have committed
fraud in the presidential
elections in order to
illegally keep themselves
power. Therefore, results from
this institution are not and
will not be reliable nor in
any way credible, and the
people have shown as much in
the streets.<br>
<br>
COPINH is clear that the
hundreds of mobilizations,
highway blockades, peaceful
protests and expressions of
resistance go beyond this
electoral process. T<b>hey
represent a cry of the
people as a whole to move
beyond the hatred, violence
and submissiveness that have
characterized the years of
JOH’s government </b><b>and
his other coup-supporting
predecessors</b>, years
inundated with corruption,
impunity, assassinations,
approval of spurious laws,
handing over of territories,
illegal concessions, and
poverty and hunger for the
majority.<br>
<br>
The struggle in the
territories and in the streets
is the key action in these
moments and must continue. The
dignity and strength of the
people’s struggle in the
streets is what has led the
National Police and the COBRA
forces to set down the arms
they were using against the
people. We salute this
dignified action and call on
the armed forces and other
repressive state bodies to
understand their role as part
of the people and respect the
actions of that people.<br>
<br>
It is clear that the call in
the streets is not just about
recognizing the obvious
electoral victory of Salvador
Nasralla, but is above all the
cry of the Honduran people to
say JOH MUST GO! It is no
longer about him recognizing
the victory, it is about him
stepping down from the
presidency and thereby ending
the crisis to which our
Honduras has been subjected.<br>
<br>
<b>COPINH calls on the
international community to
take all pertinent measures
to ensure that JOH’s
desperation to maintain
power does not lead to more
spilling of blood</b> by the
Honduran people.<br>
<br>
As such, the Lenca people,
organized in COPINH demand
that:<br>
- <b>JOH’s government
immediately hand over the
presidency </b>to a
temporary government of
national consensus until
January 27th, 2018, the day in
which Salvador Nasralla will
be seated as President.<br>
- <b>T</b><b>he resistance in
favor of recognition of the
people’s will </b>as
expressed at the polls
strengthen and consolidate
through territorial
organization.<br>
- That the <b>international
community take a side and
activate the pertinent
mechanisms so that JOH’s
desperation to maintain
power does not lead to
further spilling of blood </b>by
the Honduran people.<br>
<br>
For the blood shed by Berta
Cáceres and all of our
ancestors, we demand justice!
We demand that end of this
killer regime!<br>
<br>
With the ancestral strength of
Berta, Iselaca, Etempica and
Mota we raise our voices full
of Life, Justice and Peace.</p>
<hr>
<p><b>Take action in solidarity
with the people of Honduras
TODAY. The United States
has financed and propped up
the Juan Orlando Hernandez
regime for far too long and
bears responsibility for the
murders of those who are
simply demanding that the
official election results
reflect how people actually
voted. </b>Here are several
ways to take action: </p>
<p>1. <b>Call the State
Department Honduras Desk at </b><span
style="font-family: arial,
sans-serif; font-size:
12.800000190734863px;"> </span><b><span
style="color: rgb(17, 85,
204); font-family: arial,
sans-serif;"><a
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style="font-size:
large;">202-736-7660</span></a></span></b><span
style="color: rgb(17, 85,
204); font-family: arial,
sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><b>TODAY</b>
and demand the State
Department publicly denounce
fraud and repression in
Honduras and request that the
US <b>not recognize the
outcome of the elections </b>until
there is a transparent process
that meets the demands of the
Opposition Alliance (*Note:
the Honduras Desk phone number
is different from the one
published in previous calls to
action). Sample message: <i>‘My
name is ______, and I am
calling to urge the State
Department to speak out
against election fraud and
violent repression in
Honduras. I am extremely
upset that people protesting
against fraud have been
murdered by the US financed
security forces and urge the
State Department to suspend
US aid to Honduras as well
as condemn the violence by
state security forces and
the massive irregularities
in the election results.
The US should not recognize
the outcome of the elections
unless there is a
transparent process that
satisfies the demands of the
Opposition Alliance with
regards to transparency and
review of votes, especially
in areas where there appears
to be inflated vote
turnout.' </i></p>
<p>2. <b>Tweet at the State
Department or post on their
facebook page</b>: Call on
the US to denounce fraud and
violent repression following
the elections in Honduras,
demand the immediate
suspension of aid to Honduras,
and demand accountability for
the US financing of repression
and murder in Honduras.
Twitter: @StateDept, <a
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8xV9OAM0wirzNRV855QIcCGMoPIUKqM6"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
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href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HkZTCuuOovHiFwcTehTwqCGMoPIUKqM6"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:black;">@WHASpeaks</span></a>,
@USAmbHonduras.
Facebook: @usdos</p>
<p>3. <b>Organize or attend a
protest, action, or vigil in
solidarity with the people
of Honduras. </b>Contact us
for more ideas or to connect
with others in your area. </p>
<p>4. <b>Finally, keep on </b><a
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OF4O5PUt4uMN4zDqWZ40ZiGMoPIUKqM6"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b><span
style="color:black;">e-mailing
and calling your
Representative and
Senators</span></b></a><b> urging
them to support the
suspension of US security
aid to Honduras </b>and to
speak out against election
fraud and repression by the
US-financed security forces in
Honduras. <b>If your
Representative hasn’t
already done so, ask him/her
to co-sponsor HR 1299, the
Berta Caceres Human Rights
in Honduras Act. </b></p>
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