Nicaraguan Opposition Asks Zelaya To
Leave
Managua - The Nicaraguan
opposition on Wednesday criticized the
presence of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in the country, and asked Zelaya to
leave.
President of "Let's Go with Eduardo Movement
(MVE)" Eduardo Montealegre said that the
party was worried about Zelaya calling for
insurgency in Honduras from Nicaragua.
"Why does Zelaya not go to other nation,
like El Salvador of Guatemala, to do that?"
Montealegre asked.
Montealegre returned to the country on
Wednesday after traveling to Honduras to
learn about the situation there.
Montealegre said that Zelaya's presence on
the Nicaraguan border with Honduras produces
tension in trade, and Nicaragua's exporters
get worried.
He said that he will present to the National
Assembly a report on the instability created
by Zelaya in Nicaragua.
The Nicaraguan government has condemned the
June 28 military coup in Honduras and
allowed Zelaya to stay in the country.
"We are going to request the parliament,
this week, to define the migratory status of
Zelaya, because he is launching war
offensives, and the Nicaraguans are worried
about it," Montealegre said.
Thousands of Zelaya's followers have been
crossing the border into Nicaragua by
mountain paths in the area of Las Manos.
The Nicaraguan opposition had planned to
send a letter to Zelaya, requesting him to
stop using Nicaragua as a "rebellious base."
On Tuesday, however, about 100 supporters of
Nicaragua's ruling party blocked the highway
to Ocotal near Zelaya's border camp,
preventing the deputies of the opposition
from delivering the letter to Zelaya.
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