Update 24 October 12:20 The de facto president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, has proposed that he resign from the presidency if Manuel Zelaya, the president deposed by the military 28 June and sent into exile, withdraws his claim to be reinstated as president. A government of national reconciliation would be installed until new elections, programmed for 29 November. Zelaya has said that free and fair elections cannot be held in the current circumstances. Zelaya’s term would have ended in January.
Zelaya returned to Honduras secretly two weeks ago and has been in the Brazilian embassy since then
The de facto government made the announcement Friday, 23 October as talks between the two sides broke down, after the government missed a midnight deadline to reinstate Zelaya. Zelaya rejected the demand, which he said was similar to a proposal made several weeks ago. Reuters, Romandie News,
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News story, GenevaLunch, 23 October 2009.
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Tags: Brazil embassy, de facto government, elections, Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, national reconciliation, Roberto Micheletti
October 24th, 2009 at 1:10 am
This is either incorrectly reported or a burst of insanity from the coup government team: neither Zelaya nor Micheletti are candidates in the November elections to begin with.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
You are absolutely correct, and I apologize for the error. The de facto government proposal in fact was that Micheletti resign the presidency if Zelaya withdraws his claim to be reinstated. The post has been updated. Thanks for catching that.