Police check the id of a supporter of ousted President Manuel Zelaya during a protest against the elections in San Pedro Sula November 29, 2009. Honduras chooses a new president on Sunday but neither Zelaya nor arch-rival and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti are running in the election, which could give a new president the chance to take Honduras beyond the political gridlock that has divided the Central American nation and cut off international aid. (Xinhua/Reuters photo)
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Local radio station Radio Globo reported on Sunday that it was a peaceful protest in the Cental Park of San Pedro Sula, of some 1,000 people against the elections and to demand "freedom" and the restoration in power of Zelaya.
According to local radio station Radio Uno, the police used tanks to surround the protesters in the Park, at the time it threw them water and tear gas, the people escaped in direction to Radio uno, based in San Pedro Sula.
Radio Uno said its building is surrounded by police. This is the first incident during the electoral day, which to the moment had been carried with tranquillity.
About 4.6 million Hondurans were registered to vote on Sunday to choose the country's president, three vice presidents, 128 deputies to the National Congress, 20 members of the Central American parliament, and 298 mayors among more than 13,000 candidates.
The electoral authorities have established more than 5,200 voting centers across the country and abroad, including six centers in the United States.
Among the five presidential candidates, only two were believed to stand greater chance to win the presidency: Porfirio Lobo of the National Party and Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party.
(Xinhua)
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