7-01-09, 6:26 pm
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 1 (acn) Bolivian President Evo Morales has proposed that the Organization of American States (OAS) create an Inter-American Court to process accusations related to coup staged in Honduras against constitutional President Manuel Zelaya.
At a press conference at the Government Palace in La Paz, Morales presented the motion, based on Article 3 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, Prensa Latina news agency reports.
This article reads that the peoples of the region have the right to democracy, and their rulers the obligation to promote it and defend it, said the Andean head of state.
According to the proposal, the Court would have as main objective the reception of denunciations, the investigation, processing and charging persons that would have committed crimes and crime attempts against democracy and human rights in Honduras.
The court would act protected by several international legal documents, including the OAS Charter, the OAS Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, the American Convention on Human Rights and the Honduran Political Constitution. The Bolivian President said he will send his proposal to OAS General Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza.
Several media outlets also highlighted that President Zelaya postponed his return to Honduras for next weekend, deadline of an ultimatum served by OAS to the de facto government in Honduras.
“I will respect those 72 hours OAS has requested. All countries have suggested it that way in order to have an orderly and supported return,” said President Zelaya, who was kidnapped by Honduran armed forces and later forcibly sent to Costa Rica last Sunday.
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister, condemned the fascist coup and said that the international community has put all its energy in support of the Honduran people, who have been deprived of information about the development in their country.
Meanwhile Salvadorian president Mauricio Funes reiterated that his country does not recognize the coup government headed by Roberto Micheletti, and he considered that the international pressure and isolation on the coupists will allow Zelaya to return to his post.
In Tegucigalpa, de facto leader Micheletti tried to approach the international community by maintaining the position that he will not quit. Meanwhile troops and police kept unleashing brutal repression against the people in an effort to control ongoing protest demonstrations against the coup and in favor of the return of President Zelaya.
From the Cuban News Agency
