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Zelaya Sets
Monday Deadline On Counteroffer
TEGUCIGALPA (CNN) -- Representatives of
deposed President Manuel Zelaya said Friday
that the interim government of coup leader
Roberto Micheletti has the weekend to decide
whether to accept their proposal to resolve
the leadership crisis.
"President Zelaya has decided to wait until
Monday to find out if they accept the
proposal, which includes a consult with the
Supreme Court," said Ricardo Martinez at the
Hotel Capitalino in the capital city of
Tegucigalpa.
Zelaya's proposal would give the decision
about resolving the crisis to the Congress,
he said. If no agreement is reached by
Monday, "then the dialogue is broken," he
said.
His comments came seconds after Micheletti's
representatives said the two sides had
resolved most of their disagreements and
would continue to work.
"We have total and absolute will to
continue," Vilma Morales told reporters.
"Today, we handed over a proposal that was
received by the representatives of
ex-President Zelaya for their analysis.
Today, this afternoon, half an hour ago,
they gave us a counterproposal, which we
will analyze and study."
Arturo Corrales, another Micheletti
representative, said both proposals
represented advances toward a solution and
vowed that the two sides would be "in
permanent communication" over the weekend.
"The dialogue is not suspending," he said.
The fragility of the talks was underscored
by comments -- made shortly before the
back-to-back news conferences -- by Patricia
Rodas, who said the talks had broken down.
Rodas served as foreign minister in Zelaya's
administration prior to the June 28 coup
that removed him from power.
"The process of dialogue initiated by the
Organization of American States at the
request of our foreign ministers -- and not
the other way around -- has definitely
broken down," she told reporters in
Cochabamba, Bolivia.
"And the intransigence of the dictatorship
made it break down in its inner core ... for
the Honduran people, for President Zelaya
and for whoever accompanies them on this
fight for his return."
Zelaya's representatives have rejected a
proposal from the interim government that
would have thrown to the Supreme Court the
decision about who will rule the country.
Zelaya's proposal would give that decision
to the Congress.
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