Honduras interim President Micheletti asks Zelaya to buckle up
September 29th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tegucigalpa, Sep 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Honduras interim President Micheletti is sparing no efforts to keep his presidency, which he attained in a coup.
A defiant Roberto Micheletti said in an interview with The Associated Press that “no one can make me resign,” defying the United Nations, the OAS, the Obama administration and other leaders that have condemned the military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya.
That period for negotiation prompted Zelaya to announce he was putting off his plans to return home on Thursday until the weekend.
Zelaya “has already committed crimes against the constitution and the law,” said Micheletti, a member of Zelaya’s Liberal Party who was named interim leader by Congress following the coup.
“He can no longer return to the presidency of the republic unless a president from another Latin American country comes and imposes him using guns.”
Government troops have surrounded the embassy since early last Tuesday morning, when they used riot sticks and tear gas to route Zelaya and his supporters who are camping outside.
In a nationally broadcast announcement Sunday night, the government said it had suspended civil liberties “to guarantee peace and public order in the country and because of the calls for insurrection that Mr. Zelaya has publicly made.”
Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazil embassy since the last 7 days when he suddenly returned to his country after fleeing in June.
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