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The National Congress approved late last night the granting of general amnesty for some of those who may have committed political crimes relating to the events of June 28, 2009.

Lobo Sosa announced this decree to the international community today to display Honduras’ support for peace, unity, reconciliation, and forgiveness.

The amnesty decree passed allegedly allows Zelaya to leave the country and be entertained as a guest of the Dominican Republic.

The amnesty bill, which the previous Congress would not vote on, was introduced by the representative of Santa Barbara, a Nationalist, Mario Alonso Perez. The introduction of the bill immediately generated a long debate, in which members of the new Congress carefully analyzed the issues outlined before adopting it.

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Congressman Juan Orlando Hernandez will be the new Leader of Congress.

Juan Orlando Hernandez was born in Gracias, Lempira. He is a lawyer and notary who studied law at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras (UNAH). His studies were related to legislative work, and he worked as a clerk in the Secretary of State’ office.

Later he moved to the United States and then Spain. It was not until 2001 that he launched into the political arena in Honduras, gaining a seat in the National Congress.

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The National Congress yesterday decided they did not have sufficient time to consider the granting of amnesty for those involved in the events of June 28th.

The decision came after a series of meetings with representatives of Honduran civil society who disagreed with the decree, legislative sources told the media. The project was to be discussed Monday, but due to growing opposition, it was determined the discussion would be moved to Tuesday.

“We had very little time for discussion and consideration, and so we decided to leave the matter for the next Congress,” confirmed Toribio Aguilera of the Innovation and Unity Party (Pinu).

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