00:00Honduras' three ministers have been dismissed as part of a major cabinet shake-up that is
00:04only just beginning. Laudatole Zelaya has a story.
00:17Three ministers have been dismissed from the Honduran and further changes are expected this
00:22week. Narriaz Fura is seeking to restore his public image 10 months into his term. His
00:28approval ratings stand below 20 percent.
00:36The administration of Narriaz Fura has undergone a shake-up with the dismissal of three government
00:42officials. This includes the Minister of Education, the director of the Honduran Agricultural Marketing
00:48Institute, IMA, and the transport official. They were removed because they failed to measure up.
00:54They did not meet the goals that President Narriaz Fura had set for his entire team.
00:58His government cabinet.
01:04Asfura's administration faces organizational challenges early in the year, with many ministries
01:10run by deputy ministers for several months due to the lack of political consensus on appointing
01:16heads of these institutions. The current changes continue to reveal the president's actual incapacity
01:21for organization.
01:28I find this administration to be truly improvised, affecting the country's key sectors, including
01:33the state's responsibilities regarding health and education.
01:41As a university student, this bothers me, because we are a vulnerable population.
01:52It is an extremely improvised way of governing, and I believe that as citizens, we deserve a
01:56more stable government.
02:01For the opposition, the changes should be more extensive, starting with reversing the
02:06president's decision to also serve as minister of health, a move that has only deepened the
02:12public health crisis due to his failure to address priority issues in the sector.
02:24They should have started with the minister of health, who is, in effect, the de facto president
02:30himself, an incompetent, mediocre man. Then, they should have moved on to the minister of
02:35security. It's also pathetic to watch the minister of the presidency, who has been telling
02:39everyone they're going to be fired. In short, all these ministers are despots. It would be a
02:44good thing if they were fired, too.
02:53The Honduran population hopes that these changes will lead to improvements in the government's
02:58performance, as it nears the end of its first year of its four-year term.
03:03For Telesur in English, from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Gerardo Torres Zelaya.
