Tegucigalpa, May 27 (RHC)-- Teachers in Honduras have called for a national strike to demand the elimination of executive decrees that declared both health and education sectors in a state of national emergency and other methods of attempted privatization.

In a statement, teachers called on members from Honduras' 18 departments to join in the marches in all departments and concentrated in Tegucigalpa, the capital.  They have requested that schools and educational institutions make their premises available for participants of the demonstrations.

The secretary of the Professional Teachers Union of Honduras (COPRUMH), Daniel Esponda, confirmed that there would be no classes on days of the strike action for the public education system of Honduras.

The teachers' referendum also included the acknowledgment of support from the National Pedagogic University Francisco Morazan (UPNFM), the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), and parents and students who have joined the protests.