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Honduran Congress
Consults Supreme
Court On Agreement To End Crisis
TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran
Congress on Tuesday requested the opinion of
the Supreme Court of Justice, the
Prosecutor's Office, the Public Ministry and
the Human Rights Commissioner on a political
agreement to end the political crisis in the
country.
On Friday, representatives of Honduras' de
facto leader Roberto Micheletti and those of
ousted President Manuel Zelaya signed an
agreement for the Honduran Congress to
decide whether Zelaya would be restored to
power.
The agreement also includes the creation of
a national reconciliation government.
According to the agreement, the Congress
would announce its final decision after
considering the opinion of the Honduran
Supreme Court of Justice.
The Congress said in a statement that they
must have the opinion of those institutions
"in the times marked by their internal legal
frames, taking into consideration the
importance and the national interest of the
issue."
The Honduran Congress consists of 128
deputies, 62 from the right-wing Liberal
Party, 55 from the opposition National
Party, five from the Democratic Unification
party, two from the Innovation and Unity
Party, and four from the Christian
Democratic Party.
To be restored to power, Zelaya needs at
least 65 votes.
Also on Tuesday, a truth-finding commission
led by former Chilean President Roberto
Lagos and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda
Solis arrived in Honduras to oversee the
implementation of the political agreement.
They were nominated for the task by the
Organization of American States (OAS).
The mission also includes a representative
of the de facto Honduran government,
businessman Arturo Corrales, and a
representative of Zelaya, Honduran
Ambassador to the United Nations, Jorge
Arturo Reina.
One of the main points for the commission to
consider is point No. 5 in the agreement,
which is interpreted differently by both
parties. This point gives the Congress the
authority to "bring back the ownership of
the executive power to its previous state to
June 28," when the coup was carried out
against Zelaya.
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