Manuel Zelaya stated today, that if Congress does not reinstate him into office next week, the Tegucigalpa/San Jose Accord “is a failure.” He then reminded MPs, judges, prosecutors and the military to not forget that they have pending trials in the International Criminal Court
Zelaya made the “comments” and “reminders” in a round table where, with his wife, Xiomara Castro, the Catholic priest Andres Tamayo, and his main political advisers, they reviewed the scope of the agreement signed by their representatives on Friday.
The hearing was broadcast from the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa at a radio station that has a member of its team of reporters inside the embassy. The explanation of Zelaya came a day after signing the agreement that he committed to in front of international witnesses that he would comply fully.
Zelaya noted that the timetable for implementation of the agreements provides that by Thursday, November 5th, there will be installed in the country a government of national unity and reconciliation.
In his view, Congress should have decided by that date on his reinstatement in office, because according to him, “this agreement, this dialogue, the resolutions of the OAS and the United Nations have only one purpose – to reverse the coup by placing the president in office who was illegally dismissed. ”
“If the National Congress decides, in its session, it is going to reaffirm that what they did was correct, gentlemen, then we have done absolutely nothing but deceive the international community and the Honduran people with this agreement,” he said.
The interim government negotiators and members of Congress have said, for their part, the agreement does not condition building the unity and reconciliation government on the decision of Congress.
