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Deposed Honduran President Drops Deal in
Letter to Obama
TEGUCIGALPA – Deposed Honduran President Mel
Zelaya said in a letter to U.S. President
Barack Obama that he no longer accepted “any
agreement” for his reinstatement in power.
“From this date forward, whatever had been
the case, I do not accept any agreement for
returning to the presidency,” Zelaya, who
was ousted in a June 28 coup, said in the
letter to Obama.
Copies of the letter were distributed to the
press by his supporters.
Accepting the agreement would be “covering
up the coup d’état, which we know has a
direct impact due to the military repression
on the human rights of the inhabitants of
our country,” Zelaya said.
“The Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord is without
value or effect through the unilateral
noncompliance of the de facto government”
headed by Roberto Micheletti, who was
appointed to lead the country by the
Honduran Congress on June 28 after the coup,
Zelaya said.
The pact was signed Oct. 29 by dialogue
committees representing Micheletti and
Zelaya and – among other things –
established that the Congress must decide
whether or not to reinstate the deposed
president and that a unity government of
national reconciliation would be formed.
The Honduran Congress announced that it will
debate the matter once it receives the
opinions it requested from the Supreme Court
and other state entities.
Zelaya also reiterated his questioning of
what he calls the change in attitude the
United States displayed after the signing of
the accord in that Washington began
supporting the elections to be held in
Honduras on Nov. 29 although previously it
had warned that it would not recognize them.
“The same day that the accord’s Verification
Commission was set up in Tegucigalpa the
statements by officials from the State
Department surprised (everyone) where they
modify their position and interpret the
accord unilaterally with the following
statement: ‘the elections should be
recognized by the United States with or
without the reinstatement’” of Zelaya, the
ousted leader said in the letter.
Zelaya has been staying at the Brazilian
Embassy in Tegucigalpa since Sept. 21 after
he snuck back into Honduras with an eye
toward recovering the presidency. |
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