Venenzuela, October 26: Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya says he is confident that he will eventually be reinstated, despite the collapse of negotiations with de facto leader Roberto Micheletti.
“There’s a crisis. How do we get out of it? With an agreement. That agreement … you must have faith, will come. I can’t give you details, but the agreement will come,” Zelaya told Radio Globo at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, where he has taken refuge.
Talks to resolve the political crisis collapsed over the de facto government’s refusal to reinstate Zelaya, who on Friday rejected Micheletti’s offer to step down if he (Zelaya) gave up his claim to the presidency.
Zelaya’s negotiators accused the regime of trying to drag out the talks in the run-up to November 29, when an election is to be held to choose a new president.
Central America’s worst political crisis in decades was set off by the June 28 arrest and ouster of Zelaya over his plans to change the Constitution, which had upset the country’s courts, Congress, and business leaders.
Since his surprise return to Honduras on September 21, the former rancher has been in the Brazilian Embassy, where people inside have reported growing pressure, including loud music and animal grunts being blared in this week.
Zelaya told Radio Globo that nobody would recognize the results of the November 29 polls and that the de facto regime would be left with no choice but to find a way out of the country’s current international isolation and economic woes.
—–Agencies