Honduran opposition groups back TV star for presidency
Sun May 21, 2017 10:24pm GMT
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A broad left-right alliance of Honduran opposition groups picked a prominent television show host as presidential candidate on Sunday, creating a new hurdle for President Juan Orlando Hernandez as he seeks to retain power in a November election.
Hernandez hopes to make history by winning an unprecedented second straight term following a 2015 Supreme Court decision that overturned a constitutional ban on re-election.
Calling itself the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship, the coalition chose TV star Salvador Nasralla to try to stop Hernandez securing another four-year term in the violent, impoverished Central America nation.
"Today we're an unstoppable force, no more drugs, no more violence, nor influence-trafficking from the government," Nasralla said, dressed in a white suit and yellow shirt before a crowd of supporters waving red and white flags.
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Salvador Nasralla