Honduras opposition calls for day to mark coup anniversary

"It is an urgent necessity to build real democracy and transform the system of injustice and repression installed by the oligarchy," the NPRF said.

"The constitutional assembly is needed to ensure representation for those who reject Lobo," it said, referring to the current leader who won elections held under the gun in November.

Mr Zelaya was ousted on June 28 last year after he defied Honduras's wealthy elite and went ahead with a vote on whether to end presidential term limits.

The coup regime led by Roberto Micheletti was then rocked by protests and demonstrations, but after Mr Zelaya's exile at the end of his term in January, the opposition has focused on calling for an assembly to rewrite the country's constitution along the lines of popular constitutions in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.