 Day 17
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Deposed Honduran
President Gives
Ultimatum To Post-Coup Leader
Managua - The deposed
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday
gave a one-week ultimatum to the coup
government of Roberto Micheletti to restore
his presidential power as demanded by the
governments and organizations from the
world.
"We give an ultimatum for no later than the
next meeting to be held this week in San
Jose, Costa Rica, to fulfill the demands
expressed by international organizations,
otherwise the negotiation will be considered
failed and we will take other measures,"
Zelaya read a communique in Managua.
Zelaya, who was forced into exile after a
military coup, also demanded Micheletti to
restore constitutional order in Honduras.
Zelaya demanded Micheletti to guarantee his
immediate and safe return to Honduras and
denounced "the increased systematic
repression Micheletti has launched against
the brave and heroic Honduran people, who
have suffered illegal suspension of the
constitutional guarantee, persecutions and
violence."
The talks between Zelaya and Micheletti over
the post-coup political crisis ended last
week without reaching an agreement, but
promised more meetings. Zelaya has won
support from most American countries.
"We consider it offensive ... for the coup
regime to extend the mediation process,
which must be finished with the immediate
fulfillment of the recommendations given by
the Organization of American states and the
United Nations," he said.
Zelaya also said that during the mediation
process in Costa Rica, his representatives
suffered repression, telephone blocking,
capture orders, death threats, persecution
to their families, interventions and
cancellation of their bank accounts.
Due to this reality, the constitutional
government of the Republic of Honduras
"makes a strong and formal denounce that the
only aim of the coup dictatorship is to use
the good will mediation of President Oscar
Arias as a distracter mechanism to extend
the agony of this dictatorship," the
communique read.
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