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Posted on 11/19/2009 4:57:33 PM PST by La Lydia
Honduras' interim president Roberto Micheletti will step down temporarily from his post for a week during the country's coming national elections, the Wall Street Journal has learned. The move, while largely symbolic, is an effort by the interim government to boost international legitimacy for the Nov. 29 vote, which the government hopes will put an end to a political crisis that began with the June 28 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.
In a speech to be delivered Thursday, Mr. Micheletti is expected to say he will hand the reins of government to his council of ministers – basically, the cabinet – from Nov. 24 until his return to power on Dec. 2, according to a copy of a speech obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The president-elect is scheduled to take power in January...Mr. Micheletti says his temporary absence from his post is meant to help Hondurans concentrate on the presidential elections instead of the political crisis...
"It's symbolic, but the fact that Micheletti won't be presiding over the government when elections take place will help to some extent to help get other governments to come around to recognize the election," said Michael Shifter, an analyst at the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue think tank...
Mr. Micheletti said his temporary absence was not a "sign of weakness" by his government. "My action should be interpreted as a sign of strength and total and unquestionable confidence in the institutions of our country," Mr. Micheletti said...
During his absence, Mr. Micheletti said he expected the government to operate normally, but that he would immediately resume the presidency if there were some threat to the stability and peace of the nation...
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This interim government, led by Roberto Micheletti, has bent over backwards to demonstrate its altruism. Only a thug would label them thugs.
Yehuda, you have not been paying attention. Micheletti has played this masterfully. Micheletti and his group do have the military behind them, in that the military has reliably taken its orders from the civilian government. But the most important indicator of which way the wind blows is what our government is now saying about the elections.
F*** the world. Honduras, tell them to get stuffed. You are a sovereign country and don’t need the world to tell you what to do. I get emails almost daily from one of the Hondurans that was posting here during the initial crisis but since I am language retarded I can’t read a word but they always sound upbeat. I am sure he sent me one telling about how Micheletti punked Bozo with the agreement(about letting Zelaya back into power) but couldn’t be sure.:)
“This interim government, led by Roberto Micheletti, has bent over backwards to demonstrate its altruism. Only a thug would label them thugs.”
AMEN!!!
When my grat granduncle Tiburcio Carías Andino allowed elections to re-start he stepped down. In fact, Honduran Presidents step down to allow elections to take hold
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