Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti on Saturday urged supporters of ousted president Manuel Zelaya not to carry out bombing attacks to disrupt the general elections and called
on the public to stay calm.
"I beg you on my knees if it is necessary: do not set bombs to kill people," Micheletti said during an interview with local radio station HRN.
"This country deserves peace, tranquility and it wants to live in democracy."
"I just want to tell you that you are not going to achieve your goal because our police and army are ready to defeat any attempt to interrupt the electoral process," Micheletti added.
Micheletti's call for a peaceful vote followed a police foray into a clandestine explosives-producing site near the capital city early Saturday morning.
During the raid, police dismantled a small lab that produced explosives in a two-storey house in the Tiloraque district, southwest of Tegucigalpa.
Police found inside the house a manual on repairing and using RPG-7 rocket launchers, ID cards, a notebook with names of outstanding Honduran
figures and maps, police spokesman Oriln Cerrato told Xinhua.
Since the June 28 coup that ousted Zelaya, unknown groups have been setting up bombs and throwing homemade explosives at buildings in various
parts of the country.
About 4.6 million Hondurans are due to vote on Sunday to elect a president, three vice presidents, 128 deputies to the National Congress and 298 mayors.
The electoral authorities have established 5,248 voting centers across the country. Each center will be guarded by two soldiers.
Zelaya has called on his followers to boycott the vote, which he termed as illegal and absurd.