Half a Million Signatures for Honduran Assembly |http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/may/19/centralamerica100051903.htm

Over half million signatures have been gathered so far by the National People's Resistance Front (FNRP) of Honduras to demand the call for a Constituent Assembly, according to leaders of the movement.The sovereign declaration for the constituent, distributed countrywide by FNRP, calls for a Constitution guaranteeing rights to all Hondurans to democratize the country's political, economic, cultural and social life in a participative way.

It also demands the unconditional return of former President Manuel Zelaya, overthrown by a coup on June 28 last year, the end of judicial persecution against him and guarantees for him to fully enjoy civil and political rights.

"More than half a million signatures have been gathered so far, but more precise figures will be known after the first recount on May 23," said Marvin Ponce, coordinator of the Front in the Francisco Morazan department.The target is to gather over 1.25 million signatures to demand the call for a Constituent Assembly.On June 28, on the first anniversary of the coup, FNRP will announce the total of signatures in favour of constitutional reforms and install a Commission of Truth to probe into human rights violations.