Via the LAT: Honduras’ ousted leader declares pact ‘totally dead’
Under the accord, Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti had agreed to let Congress vote on whether to return Zelaya to the presidency, as the international community has been demanding. But congressional leaders, who backed the coup, have yet to call a vote.
The accord also required the formation by Thursday of a temporary "unity Cabinet" with representatives for both sides.
Just before midnight Thursday, Micheletti went on national television to announce a new government that did not include Zelaya or any of his supporters.
As Greg Weeks noted yesterday: “Apparently now a ‘unity government’ is synonymous with ‘pro-coup only government.’”
Indeed.
We are, by the way, just shy of three weeks away from the presidential election.
It would appear that Zelaya, and the US contingent that helped broker the deal, were out-maneuvered.
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