Posted on 11/06/2009 5:08:47 AM PST by cll
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that a U.S.-brokered pact failed to end a four-month political crisis after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.
"The accord is dead," Zelaya told Radio Globo from from the Brazilian Embassy where he has been hold up under threat of arrest. "There is no sense in deceiving Hondurans."
Forged last week with the help of U.S. diplomats, the pact gave the two sides until midnight Thursday to install a government with supporters of Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti, who was named interim president by Congress after Zelaya was ousted on June 28.
Jorge Reina, a negotiator for Zelaya, said the pact fell apart because Congress failed to vote on whether to reinstate the deposed president before the deadline for forming the unity government.
The pact did not require Zelaya's return to the presidency. It left the decision up to Congress. Zelaya interpreted that to mean that Congress had to vote on the issue by Thursday.
Supporters of Micheletti, who was named interim president by Congress after Zelaya was ousted on June 28, disputed that, saying the pact required that members of the unity Cabinet be in place by Thursday but that there was no deadline for Congress to meet.
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Sounds like freedom will not be denied in Honduras, we could learn from their courage to keep the socialist pig former President out of power.
At least some good news this morning.
This should teach ANYONE, even a psychotic commie ally, not to believe ANY PROMISE from Obama.
“has been hold up”
err... “has been holed up”
Write much AP?
Good for Honduras!!!!!!!!!!!!
American values at work SOMEPLACE
Heh. When I saw that Zelaya’s fate was up to the Honduran Congress in consultation with their Supreme Court that Zelaya would not be returned to power, at least not before the Nov. 29 elections—Micheletti wouldn’t have signed off on the deal if it would return Zelaya to power in violation of their constitution. It was obvious to everyone but Zelaya that the pact did not ipso facto return him to power. Now Zelaya can whine inside the Brazilian embassy while the elections go on, and the Obama Administration has, to its credit, backtracked from its abominable original stance on Honduras and indicated that Zelaya returning to power is not a condition for the recognition of the new government elected 3 weeks from Sunday.
“The military ousted Zelaya over a dispute on whether to change the Honduran constitution. Opponents claimed Zelaya was trying extend his time in office by lifting the ban on presidential re-election.”
The “military” did that eh.
AP lickin’ the Leftist boots again.
Hey Hillary.....BUTT OUT!! Honduras is doing what is CONSTITUTIONAL, but I guess you wouldn’t comprehend that. Tell your stupid boss to BUTT OUT also!
THank God! Happy for Honduras
It seems to me like it succeeded: It extracted Obama and Clinton from a series of incredibly stupid blunders while preserving democracy in Honduras.
Good. Elections are only three weeks away, on November 29.
It’s not over until it’s over. I wouldn’t trust our Communist Government under Obama, Clinton, Pelosi and Reid.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they decide to take matters into their hands and invade Honduras, all in the name of “Democracy” of course.
I pray that in this case, our military refuses.
Just enough time to get some ACORN workers down there to “help out”.
Via con Dios, baby. Go sleep with Hugo.
He wouldn’t comprehend that, either.
The Honduran Congress refused to go along with the unconstitutional scam.
time for Zelaya to start thinking about his exit strategy from that basement. If he makes nice the Hondurans may give him a 1 hr. head start to get back to the airport.
After 11/29 election, the trial of Zelaya should commence and if convicted he should be dispatched via the Che/Castro technique!
If I were the Honduran Government, I would take a page out of my old boss’s playbook (General Max Thurman). When Max had the the Panama Dictator Noriega holed up in an embassy, he surrounded it and then set up loud speakers and started playing horrible music to drive him and the embassy staff crazy until he surrendered. Honduras should do the same at the Brazil embassy.
If I were the Honduran Government, I would take a page out of my old boss’s playbook (General Max Thurman). When Max had the the Panama Dictator Noriega holed up in an embassy, he surrounded it and then set up loud speakers and started playing horrible music to drive him and the embassy staff crazy until he surrendered. Honduras should do the same at the Brazil embassy.
Go going CLOWNS !!
In other words, Zelaya is an ass-hold?
Well a pun of that type occurred to me but I decided to not go there.
All along, the plan in Honduras was to just stall until they run out the clock.
I agree, the Hondurans totally PLAYED the OBama administration. US Admin= amateurs.
The Honduran Army is doing that.
And a good thing, too. With Zelaya in, Chavez providing the funding, and Ortega to provide the muscle, the election would have been a lock for the Left. They’re still going to try, but it’s a lot harder with their boy out of office.
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Funny how Obama’s standards were different in Kenya...
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