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</u></i></font><font size=4>Zelaya Terms Restitution Accord a Victory
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, 30 de octubre de 2009 <br><br>
</font><font size=3>30 de octubre de 2009, 10:06Tegucigalpa, Oct 30
(Prensa Latina) <br><br>
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya termed Friday the agreement reached with
the de facto government, for the Congress to decide his restitution in
power, as a victory to democracy.<br><br>
"The simple fact that they are recognizing the need to reverse the
State powers to the situation on June 28, 2009, means a victory to
democracy, and the return of peace to the country," Zelaya told
Radio Globo station.<br><br>
Zelaya stated that there are still procedures to follow before his
restitution, and called the de facto government to comply with the terms
of the agreement.<br><br>
Zelaya was kidnapped from his residence by hooded soldiers on June 28,
and forcibly taken to Costa Rica.<br><br>
After two unsuccessful attempts to return to Honduras, the statesman
finally managed to enter the country by surprise on September 21, and is
currently staying at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.<br><br>
According to a report by the Committee of Families of Detained and
Missing People in Honduras, the putschists' regime has committed over
4,000 violations of human rights, including more than 20 assassinations
and hundreds of wounded and detained people.<br><br>
The constitutional president expressed his best wishes for democracy not
to be interrupted again by means of coups.<br><br>
iom/iff/car<br>
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Friday, October 30, 2009 <br>
15:51 Mecca time, 12:51 GMT <br><br>
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Roberto Micheletti, Honduras's de facto leader, has agreed a deal that
could see Manuel Zelaya, the country's ousted president, returned to
power if supported by congress and the supreme court.<br><br>
The two sides have been at odds for four months over whether Zelaya
should be reinstated before presidential elections due to be held next
year.<br><br>
"I am pleased to announce ... my negotiating team signed an
agreement that marks the beginning of the end of the country's political
situation," Micheletti said in a statement on Thursday.<br><br>
"With regard to the most contentious subject in the deal, the
possible restitution of Zelaya to the presidency" would be
included.<br><br>
For his part, Zelaya told Radio Globo: "Tomorrow [Friday] will be
the day that the plan will be signed to restore democracy to the
country."<br><br>
Micheletti said the agreement would create a power-sharing government
and<br>
bind both sides to recognise the November 29 presidential
elections.<br><br>
<b>Congress to decide<br><br>
</b>Antonio Rivera, a Honduran senator, told Al Jazeera the deal does not
necessarily mean Zelaya will be reinstated as president.<br><br>
"One-hundred and twenty-eight congressmen from five political
parties are going to make the decision," Rivera said. <br><br>
"Before that, congress is going to ask the opinion of the supreme
court, the general attorney and the elections tribunal.<br><br>
"Micheletti and Zelaya will have to accept the
decision."<br><br>
Zelaya, who was forced from power in June, and Micheletti held talks
separately on Thursday with Tom Shannon, the US assistant secretary of
state, and Dan Restrepo, Washington's special assistant for Western
Hemisphere affairs.<br><br>
Monica Villamizar, Al Jazeera's correspondent, said the international
community, especially the US, is really stepping up pressure to put an
end to the crisis and move forward.<br><br>
"It is no longer about the dispute between two men - Micheletti and
Zelaya.<br><br>
"But about the Honduran people and what is going to happen to the
second poorest country in the Americas, which has been greatly affected
by all the months of political instability and turmoil," she
said.<br><br>
<b>Sticking point<br><br>
</b>Zelaya remains holed up at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa after
re-entering the country in late September, two months after he was forced
from the presidential palace and into exile.<br><br>
As the US representatives met the Honduran rivals, a rally by hundreds of
pro-Zelaya protesters in Tegucigalpa was broken up by police who fired
tear gas.<br>
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Barack Obama, the US president, faced criticism from human-rights groups
who said Washington should do more to pressure Micheletti. <br><br>
At one point in the crisis, Micheletti ordered restrictions on civil
liberties to be imposed, during which time media stations supportive of
Zelaya were taken off-air.<br><br>
The resumption in negotiations on Thursday came a day after Honduras's
military-backed government, which is not recognised internationally,
lodged legal proceedings against Brazil at the International Court of
Justice in The Hague.<br><br>
The interim government accused Brazil of interfering in Honduras's
internal affairs by sheltering Zelaya at its embassy, claims dismissed by
the Brazilian government.<br><br>
"The de facto Honduran government has no legitimacy to lodge a law
suit in the International Court of Justice," a spokesman for
Brazil's foreign ministry said.<br><br>
Zelaya was forced from power on June 28, the same day that he planned to
hold a non-binding referendum on the constitution that had been declared
illegal by the Honduran congress and supreme court.<br><br>
Opponents of Zelaya say that the public vote was aimed at winning support
for an extension to presidential term limits, claims that he has
denied.<br>
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies <br><br>
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