San Pedro Sula.
Xiomara Castro, the wife of former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Rosales, is seeking for the third time to become the presidential candidate of the Libertad y Refundación party, to “lay the foundations and rebuild the country,” she said Sunday when she arrived at the school where she cast the vote.
Castro de Zelaya She described herself as a “revolutionary woman, with beliefs and commitment to the Honduran people,” which is why she said that “the time has come for a woman to lead this country.”
former first lady of Honduras (2006-2009) said that she seeks the presidency of the country because she understands “the pain of a mother when her children do not have the education they deserve or when her children migrate because there are no opportunities in this country.
In this regard, he announced that in these primary elections the party Libertad and Refundación will consolidate as the largest outside opposition.
Asked about an alliance to win The National Party, who has been in power since 2010, recalled that he had already given up his candidacy once. “We have given up the idea that we will then be able to find common ground so that the Honduran people can re-establish our country,” he said.
Xiomara Castro He assured that he is committed to “fighting to the end, until the dictatorship is overthrown; I will not give up until I can see if Honduras is free. “
In this regard, she asked citizens to trust her because “I am a transparent woman, with a life that Hondureni can attest “.
To become president of the country, Castro de Zelaya He assured that his government would lay the solid foundations of a “true democracy” through a constitutive one.
And he concluded: “I am convinced that Honduras needs a woman who can govern.”