omorrow in Honduras will take place the inauguration of the now president elect of the Republic, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, who won an exceptionally brilliant election in terms of a demanding democracy. Although the leftists of different degrees, as well as communists and communistoids, have denied the importance and the transparency of the elections, there are undeniable, numerous, testimonies that the whole electoral process and the elections themselves were exemplary. A remarkable outturn of voters surpassed previous elections and international observers, not from governments interested in satisfying the lefts, certify that in each polling place there was absolute propriety in the votes cast, without any complaint whatsoever. The ceremony that has just taken place to install the Legislative Power was, from the point of view of the people of Honduras which is the sovereign, as solemn as befitted its republican importance.

     Tomorrow will take place the formal inauguration of the new President, amidst the rejoicing of a huge majority of Hondurans who voted in free elections for their candidates. In this ceremony should be remembered with respect and gratitude the conduct of the constitutional President of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti who, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic and with the support of all the branches of government, took over the presidency on June 28th and went on to hold free elections. The history of Honduras will acknowledge that the tenure of Roberto Micheletti was a decisive factor in these exemplary free elections. The candidate who won did not belong to his political party.

     A few governments, including the United States government, will be present in tomorrow’s inauguration. The U.S. Department of State and the White House did everything possible to prevent President Micheletti from complying with what is prescribed by the Constitution of the Republic thus not holding the elections that he did preside over. The Department of State and the White House had no qualms whatsoever to coincide fully with Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez and the other satellite governments of Havana and Caracas. Washington yielded when faced with the democratic tenacity and strong will of Micheletti and those from different parties who, with him, were determined to hold elections in Honduras in line with laws prior to Zelaya’s ouster by Congress with the backing of the Supreme Court and the Electoral Power.