Honduran Military Chiefs Ready To Face
Charges For Coup D'Etat
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras' chief of Army Staff
Romeo Vasquez said Thursday that the
military chiefs charged with "abuse of
power" were ready to face justice.
"We believe in the Honduran justice. We will
attend the court," Vasquez told reporters,
adding that they have already hired a team
of lawyers to defend them.
The Supreme Court of Justice issued a
detention order against Vasquez and other
top-ranking military chiefs who participated
in the military coup against ousted
President Manuel Zelaya last June.
Zelaya said Thursday in a statement that the
de facto regime seeks "impunity" of those
military chiefs by "using a new stratagem"
to charge them with minor crimes.
Moreover, the Honduran Constitution
prohibits the expatriation of Honduran
citizens.
President-elect Porfirio Lobo Sosa, who won
the election on Nov. 29 last year, has said
he supported granting amnesty to both Zelaya
and all of those involved in the coup.
Hundreds of Zelaya followers protested
Thursday in the streets of Tegucigalpa
against solving the problem by using
political amnesty for Zelaya and threatening
to withdraw from the Bolivarian Alliance of
the Americas (ALBA).
It was not necessary to use the way of
political amnesty, one of the protest
leaders Rafael Alegria said.
The Honduran Congress will approve a
political amnesty for Zelaya next Monday.
The Congress is also discussing the
withdrawal from the ALBA, which the de facto
government claimed to quit last December.
Honduras joined the ALBA on Aug. 25, 2008
during the administration of Zelaya.
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