Although preparations to commemorate the fateful date of June 28, 2009, began yesterda, the national mobilization will formally begin this Friday with a concert at the Olympic Village in Tegucigalpa, attended by Libre members and supporters.

Speaking to reporters, Gerardo Torres, deputy foreign minister and secretary of the party founded three years after the military uprising, said that organizational actions have been carried out since Thursday in different regions of the country to ensure the participation of militants in the activities.

On Saturday, supporters of the progressive group, led by former President Zelaya himself, will gather in front of the Presidential Palace, where President Xiomara Castro will preside over an official event before marching to the headquarters of the National Electoral Council, Torres announced.

Besides evoking the breakdown of constitutional order 16 years ago, the peaceful demonstration will reach the CNE to protest against possible fraud in the November 30 general elections, which has been denounced by Libre’s top leadership.

At a press conference last week, the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Rixi Moncada, accused the right-wing Nationalist and Liberal parties of plotting this attempt to evade the upcoming elections.

According to Moncada, the two-party system, represented by the Nationalists and Liberals, intends to replicate in the 2025 general elections a results transmission system similar to the one both parties imposed in the controversial 2013 and 2017 elections.

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