30/06/09
Ken Livingstone, the former Mayor of London, has condemned the military coup in Honduras

Ken Livingstone, the former Mayor of London, has condemned the military coup in Honduras and demanded the release of the democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya.

Ken Livingstone said:

"I totally condemn the military coup and kidnapping of the democratically elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya.

President Zelaya was working to free his country from decades hunger and poverty. This military coup is an illegal attempt to use armed force to overturn the course of democracy and social progress chosen by the Honduran people at the polls.

The world should unite to stop this attempt to return Latin America to the bloody past of military coups to block the will of the people.

I call particularly upon the British government to unreservedly condemn this military coup and to demand the immediate release of President Zelaya and to urge President Obama, who has promised a new era of relations between the US and South America, to do everything in his power to support the release of President Zelaya and restoration of democracy in Honduras."