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Negotiator
Doubts Interim Government's Will
To Restore Zelaya
TEGUCIGALPA - A negotiator
for deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
said on Monday that the interim government
did not have the political will to restore
Zelaya.
Union leader Juan Barahona, also one of
Zelaya's top three negotiators for the
political dialogue in Honduras, said the
talks had not made any "meaningful"
progress, as there were only a few days to
go before the Oct. 15 deadline set by Zelaya
to restore democracy and return him to
power.
"There is no political will on advancing, on
reinstating President Zelaya. The de facto
government is leading the country to a
cliff," he added.
The negotiations are focused on the San Jose
Accord, under which Zelaya would be restored
as head of a unity government until his term
ends in January next year and coup leaders
and Zelaya would be both offered an amnesty.
Official reports said the two sides had
reached an agreement on the unity
government. But Barahona said the talks were
stalled due to the lack of political will
from the coup leaders.
Meanwhile, Zelaya's Foreign Minister
Patricia Rodas, on a visit to the United
States, urged the international community to
pressure the interim government to negotiate
a peaceful solution to the politic crisis in
Honduras after the June 28 coup which
toppled Zelaya.
He popped up in the Brazilian embassy in
Tegucigalpa on Sept. 21 after failed
attempts earlier to return from exile. He
faces abuse of power and other charges in
Honduras.
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