Editing Rafael Leonardo Callejas (section)

==1985 Elections==
In 1985, the Honduran people were summoned to general elections to elect the new authorities that would govern the country's destinies. But President Roberto Suazo Córdova threatened to perpetuate himself in power. "When the historical parties were already preparing in their conventions to proclaim their presidential candidates." There was an institutional crisis and with the mediation of the private company, the labor unions, the armed forces and the Catholic Church, a solution to the existing problem was sought and a voting mechanism called “Alternative B” was approved. With this mechanism, the participation of several candidates from the same party was allowed and in the end the votes would be added and the political institute that obtained the most votes would be the winner.

In these elections the Engineer José Azcona del Hoyo, the lawyers Óscar Mejía Arellano, José Efraín Bú Girón and Carlos Roberto Reina competed for "the liberals, for the nationalists Mr. Rafael Leonardo Callejas, Mr. Juan Pablo Urrutia Raudales, and Mr. Fernando Lardizábal Guilbert, as well as candidates from the Christian Democracy and PINU parties."

Committed to respecting this arrangement so as not to hinder the democratic system that began in 1982, for that one time in the traditional parties internal and general elections were held jointly, and were won by the liberal Azcona Hoyo, With this act, article 236 of the Constitution of the Republic was violated, which stated at that time "The president and three designated to the Presidency will be elected jointly and directly by the people, by simple majority of votes."