Pardon my French, but my reaction to reading this is to say “oh shit”:Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that a deal to end a four-month political crisis was at risk of collapse but behind the scenes negotiators worked to form a temporary cabinet to run the country.According to the deal agreed upon last week Honduras’ legislature will vote on whether or not to reinstate Zelaya. The president of the Honduran congress told AFP that the body will make the decision yet neglected to say neither when the vote will take place nor what would happen if Zelaya is not restored. Furthermore, negotiators for Zelaya and Micheletti have yet to present candidates that would take part in the coalition government that was supposed to start ruling weeks before presidential elections occur.
Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti signed a pact last week to end their standoff, but each claims he is the one to lead a so-called unity government until a new president takes office in January.
With time running very short the deal may unravel very soon and Honduras can be stuck in a worse political quagmire than before.
Image- AFP (In what could be foreshadowing, “Manuel Zelaya closes a window at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.”)
Online Sources- AFP, AP, Reuters
The Guaymuras Accord (name of the deal) places the decision on the hands of the Hondurans, where it should have remained. The international interference and the misinterpretation of the response of the Honduran population, turned an executive decision into an international crisis.
ReplyDeleteHondurans will decide the future of their country through free democratic elections.
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