In an apparent bid to boost the legitimacy of the Nov. 29 election, Hondura’s de facto leader Roberto Micheletti announced Thursday that he would step down and hand over government to his cabinet during the elections.
Honduran lawmakers will wait until after the Nov. 29 election to decide whether to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, delaying a vote central to a US-led deal to end months of political crisis.
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has said he would refuse to return to the presidency as part of a US-brokered agreement to end the crisis sparked by his ouster, because if would legitimise the June coup that removed him from power.
An agreement to end the political stand-off in Honduras has failed after interim leader Roberto Micheletti (pictured) formed a "unity cabinet" without representatives of Manuel Zelaya, a spokesman for the ousted president says.
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Honduras' de facto government has buckled under international pressure and agreed to allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power if congress approves after he was toppled in a military coup four months ago.
A nephew of de facto leader Roberto Micheletti was killed in a possible political attack and a colonel was shot dead in a separate incident. Micheletti (pictured) has ruled Honduras since a June 28 coup.
Talks to resolve the political crisis in Honduras collapsed Friday over the de facto government's refusal to reinstate Manuel Zelaya (pictured), the president ousted in a June 28 coup.
The ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya (right), categorically rejected a proposition late on Friday by de facto leader Roberto Micheletti (at left) to let the supreme court decide on Zelaya's return to power.
As a deadline imposed by ousted leader Manuel Zelaya is reached, negotiators say they are close to an agreement to end Honduras’ political crisis, while the de facto president said no deal was made.
