lying about this and calling it a "coup" is part of an intentional campaign of disinformation waged by the Obama Whitehouse, Hugo Chavez, and their ilk.
Posted on 01/23/2010 6:08:23 PM PST by myknowledge
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya confirmed he will leave Honduras and travel to the Dominican Republic next week when a new president is sworn into office.
Zelaya told Radio Globo on Saturday he will leave Honduras as a private citizen, thanks to an accord signed by President-elect Porfirio Lobo and Dominican President Leonel Fernandez.
"On the 27th of January, I will leave as a common citizen... after having completed my presidential mandate," Zelaya said.
Zelaya was ousted in a June 2009 coup during his effort to change the constitution that the Supreme Court had ruled illegal.
He still faces treason and abuse-of-power charges stemming from that campaign.
He sneaked back into the country in September to reclaim the presidency and finish out his term, but has been holed up in the Brazilian Embassy since then, facing the threat of arrest if he leaves.
The deal brokered for Zelaya's safe passage into exile on Wednesday, the day Lobo is sworn in, does not drop the charges, Honduran chief prosecutor Luis Alberto Rubi said on Saturday.
Rubi also said he is investigating Zelaya for allegedly embezzling at least $US1.5 million ($A1.66 million).
Zelaya said he is willing to return and face Honduran justice.
"I will return when the country is at peace and when honest and independent judges exist."
Good he is leaving.
Bad he is not in jail or Causesceau’d.
Glad this debacle is having a happy ending, despite the commies now running the U.S.
Door....meet ass.
What’s the over/under on how many days before he’s appointed a czar in the Obama Administration?
Alive? Why?
God Bless the people of Honduras for standing firm under all that external pressure.
The only justice for leaders who try to take over their governments is death. Everything else is futile.
lying about this and calling it a "coup" is part of an intentional campaign of disinformation waged by the Obama Whitehouse, Hugo Chavez, and their ilk.
Zelaya to Obama: Thanks for your assistance and all, but after the Massachusetts election, I see you’re about as useful as a solar-powered flashlight...
Did Hillary arrange for his farewell address to the UN General Assembly yet?
Meanwhile, at USA insistence Honduras will put on trial the military guys who carried out the Supreme Court order to remove Zelaya from office (the took him to an airport instead of to jail).
“...lying about this and calling it a ‘coup’ is part of an intentional campaign of disinformation....”
Exactly!
The way Obama has been squawking about the SCOTUS, I wish he'd make this same statement & go into exile in the Dominican Republic with common citizen, Zelaya.
Translation: "When Hugo figures out a new plan for me I will be back to try another communist overthrow."
Did Hillary arrange for his farewell address to the UN General Assembly yet?
Meanwhile, at USA insistence Honduras will put on trial the military guys who carried out the Supreme Court order to remove Zelaya from office (the took him to an airport instead of to jail).
Bambi is deeply saddened...
Bye Mel. I don’t think anyone in their right minds will miss ya!!!
We know this....
Conservative leaning people know this.....
Problem is the idiots in charge don’t.....
Therein lies the problem!!!
“when a new president is sworn into office.”
No thanks to bammy and clintonista.
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