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Archbishop: Honduran prez should stay away

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (UPI) -- One of Honduras's most prominent religious leaders urged President Manuel Zelaya Saturday to stay out of the country and accept his ouster.

Oscar Andres Rodriguez, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Tegucigalpa, made a statement on local television, addressing viewers in front of a Honduran flag and a painting of Jesus Christ, The Miami Herald reported.

"On the day of your inauguration, you cited three commandments of the rules of God -- not to lie, not to steal, not to kill," Rodriguez said. "If you respect life, if you love life ... please meditate because if not, it could be too late."

The archbishop suggested Friday the Organization of American States reconsider its backing of Zelaya.

"To the Organization of American States, please pay attention to everything illegal that was happening before the 28th of June," Rodriguez said. "This is a community that will define our own destiny without any unilateral pressures. We renounce any blockades, which will only hurt the poor."

Zelaya was wakened from sleep last weekend and forced to leave the country in his pajamas. Leaders of the military coup and their supporters say he was conspiring to change the constitution to allow him to remain as president indefinitely.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/04/2009

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