Honduran coupists’ delay tactics continue

The Honduran National Congress has yet to define a date to restitute of Manuel Zelaya as President, a stance that popular leaders describe as a delay by local coupists.

Members of the National Front against the Coup in Honduras are still near the National Congress building for a fourth consecutive day, to demand the restitution of Manuel Zelaya.

Almost a week away from the agreement to solve the Honduran political crisis, the legislative organ maintains the date in which it will summon parliamentarians in order to decide on the pact subscribed among the delegates of Zelaya and coupist Leader Roberto Micheletti in suspense.

The delay of the unicameral parliament reflects the coupists’ tactics trying to prolong the usurpation of power, against the will of the Honduran people said leftwing deputy Silvia Ayala, of the Unificacion Democratica Party, the . In a demonstration in front of the Congress Ayala told the press that the Hondurans will maintain their protest to demand a convoking to the deputies to an extraordinary session where the reinstatement of Zelaya should be discussed.

Diverse internal sectors, personalities and international organizations coincide in criticizing the slowness and the discrepancies when applying Tegucigalpa-San Jos‚’s Agreement finally signed the past October 30.

According to the Parliament’s president, Jos‚ Angel Saavedra the organization will not delay the debate on the return of the constitutional Leader.

Composed by 128 parliamentarians, the Congress will determine if it proceeds to bring the leadeship of the Executive Power to its previous state to June 28 until the conclusion of the current government period, January 27, 2010. Tegucigalpa, Prensa Latina