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The rejection of the employment regions in Honduras is growing and more sectors are calling for their abolition
Tegucigalpa, July 21 (EFE). The creation of the so-called Employment and Development Zones (Zede), approved in 2013 to attract investment, is generating growing opposition among Hondurans who believe the country will cede sovereignty to foreigners. The president of the Medical College of Honduras (CMH), Suyapa Figueroa, told Efe on Wednesday that Zede represented a “violation of the constitution” of the Central American country. Figueroa stressed that employment zones, which are promoted in Honduras as “model cities”, similar to those in some Asian countries, are a “violation of the rights of Hondurans”. Zede was approved in 2013 during the government headed by Porfirio Lobo, when the speaker of Parliament was Juan Orlando Hernandez, the country’s current governor. Figueroa, a medical specialist in internal medicine, stressed that the initiative is “a way to seek impunity and to harbor the corrupt pervasive in this government, to ensure that they are able to live with what looted without pain or glory.” and lung disease. “We cannot give up a step, not an inch of land,” said the Canadian prime minister, who demanded the Honduran parliament repeal the decree that authorized its creation for being “unconstitutional, inhumane and (presumably) a sale of the homeland.” He added that the Honduran armed forces “must defend the violated national territory and respect the constitution and national sovereignty.” Small states within the state One of the sectors that spoke most against employment areas was the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA), arguing that Zede would be small states, with their own laws, within the state of Honduras. The Director of the Investigation and Cases Follow-up Unit at the Cyprus News Agency, Odir Fernandez, told Efe that the initiative was “unconstitutional” and stemmed from the reform of stone articles in the constitution, as those considered fixed in Honduras are called. He pointed out that Zede will have its own legal bases, so the extradition can be without effect, which may exploit many people involved in corruption and other illegal acts to seek refuge and avoid justice. According to the “ZEDE Deadly Sins” report, compiled by the Cyprus News Agency and cited by Fernandez, business district regulations recognize a forfeiture model that “prioritizes the interests of those who invest” in Zede over the Hondurans who inhabit it. and land ownership. In addition, the document attempts to “consolidate the commitment of the Honduran State to ensure the survival of El-Zayd, even when there is a change in the country’s political system,” the document highlights. The Honduran president has repeated his defense of Zede, arguing that they will create thousands of jobs, which his country of 9.5 million people desperately needs. Hernandez also denied that employment zones are beneficial so that investors do not comply with their tax obligations or become havens for people who do not want to face justice. Unconstitutional relief The National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) this Wednesday filed an appeal against the Supreme Court of Justice against Zede, saying it threatens the country’s sovereignty. The appeal was made by the President of the University of Yuna, Francisco Herrera, who told reporters that the initiative was a mandate of the University Council and was unanimously accepted by the Council of Higher Education. “We Hondurans do this act because it is mandatory (…), and we swear to defend Article 160 of the Constitution and this law (from Zede) directly violates this Article,” Herrera explained. The President of Una University said he hoped the Constitutional Chamber of the Judiciary “will consider (the appeal) and resolve it in the shortest possible time”. Herrera said that Article 34 of the Employment Zones, relating to their educational and curricular policies, “encroach on the educational issue at the national level.” (c) EFE . Agency
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