Honduras' Newly
Elected Congress Leader Takes Office
TEGUCIGALPA - The newly elected Honduran
President of the Congress Juan Orlando
Hernandez has taken office at a preparatory
meeting for the new National Congress over
the weekend.
Hernandez was elected as the president of
the Congress for the coming four years last
Thursday.
Hernandez, a four-time congress deputy, was
born in Lempira province of western
Honduras.
During the preparatory meeting, six vice
presidents and two secretaries of the new
National Congress were also elected.
As scheduled, the new congress is to hold
the first plenary session on Monday and will
appoint Honduran President-elect Porfirio
Lobo Sosa as president of the country.
On June 28, 2009, former Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a military coup
and the then legislature leader, Roberto
Micheletti, became interim president.
The Honduran Congress voted against the
reinstatement of Zelaya after Porfirio Lobo
won the presidential vote on Nov. 29, which
was boycotted by Zelaya and slammed as
illegitimate by Brazil and Venezuela.
But the United States and Mexico viewed the
election as a way to move forward.
Zelaya, who was forced to exile in Costa
Rica, sneaked back into Honduras in late
September and has been taking refuge in the
Brazilian embassy.
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