Ousted Honduran President Says His Imminent
Return Will Be Peaceful
Managua - Ousted Honduran President Manuel
Zelaya said on Tuesday his return to the
country is imminent and he will not use
violence.
The return will be with "peace flags" to
signify nonviolent resolution, Zelaya told
journalist in the Nicaraguan city of Ocotal,
21 km south of the Honduras border, after
learning about the Honduran justice
tribunal's decision to allow his family's
free transit to the border with Nicaragua.
The decision to suspend the military
checkpoints to allow free transit could
imply that the mistake (the coup) must be
repaired, Zelaya said.
Zelaya has established his office in Ocotal
where hundreds of Hondurans summoned by him
have arrived. He planed to organize a
peaceful resistance against the interim
Honduran government.
Zelaya made his remarks also after the
United States announced Tuesday the
revocation of diplomatic visas for some
interim Honduran officers.
This was a message to the Honduran people
that the government of U.S. President Barack
Obama does not support the interruption of
the democratic course in Honduras, Zelaya
said.
Sources from Honduras said the Supreme Court
magistrate who ordered the arrest of Zelaya
and the president of Honduras' Congress were
among the officers whose visas were revoked
by the United States.
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