“President Xiomara Castro has requested the firm support of the Honduran people and the Libre Party (Liberty and Refoundation, the ruling party) in the face of intelligence reports indicating real threats of a possible coup d’état that seeks to destabilize the constitutional order,” Zelaya stated.

On his Twitter account, the former president, who was overthrown in 2009 by a military coup in collusion with the right-wing National and Liberal parties, indicated that these warnings necessitate maintaining democratic vigilance and peaceful citizen mobilization in defense of the institutions.

The Libre party leader also announced that next Thursday, Castro, in her capacity as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, will transfer command to the new Chief of the Joint Staff.

“This institutional act reaffirms the civilian, democratic, and constitutional leadership of the government and dismantles the coup attempts that aim for chaos and division,” emphasized the former president and husband of the first female president in Honduran history.

The general coordinator of the progressive group defended what he described as the president’s proven democratic commitment and her absolute respect for the principle of alternation in the presidency.

He demanded that coup-plotting political sectors and de facto powers refrain from interrupting or sabotaging her constitutional mandate, which, he emphasized, ends on January 27, 2026.

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