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| Honduras' Micheletti steps down briefly |
| 2009-11-26 |
| Interim leader of Honduran de facto government, Roberto Micheletti has briefly stepped down in a bid to legitimize the post-coup polls. Micheletti, who was propelled to the head of government in the wake of the June 28 military-backed coup that ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, said he was stepping down to "guarantee free, spontaneous and transparent" elections on Sunday. De facto leaders behind Zelaya's ouster hope the elections will turn the page on months of political turbulence that saw several deaths and dozens of arrests under a military crackdown on dissent. Zelaya's supporters sought to boycott the vote following four months of political crisis, as thousands of security forces pressed on to distribute ballot boxes and ordered citizens to turn in their weapons ahead of national elections across the impoverished Central American nation. Zelaya remains holed up in the Brazilian Embassy after failing to be reinstated before the elections as he had hoped under a US-brokered crisis accord with Micheletti's interim regime. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 what are the odds Manny gets teh boot from the Brazilian embassy on Monday? He's looking like a fool and so is Brazil |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-26 09:31 |