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The Supreme Court has given their analysis to the Secretariat of the National Congress, on the return of former President Manuel Zelaya.

A panel of four judges, headed by Judiciary Chairman Jorge Alberto Rivera, arrived around 11:00 at the legislative palace to deliver their report on the fifth point of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement.
Judge James Calix said that 14 of the 15 judges reached a consensus on the document submitted to the legislature, and that it adheres to the Constitution of Honduras and its legal framework.

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The National Congress asked several institutions on Nov. 4th, including the Public Ministry, to submit their opinion on point number five of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, which attributes the decision of whether to “roll back ownership of the executive branch to the previous state before June 28th, until the end of the current government term ends on January 27, 2010″.

The Public Ministry (Ministerio Publico – MP) legal adviser today provided to the Secretariat of Congress the legal opinion on the return or not of Manuel Zelaya. The MP has determined that the return of the former president is not appropriate, as he is not present in court to answer the 18 charges against him.

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Two explosives were detonated at dawn today in the Supreme Court (CSJ) and the “Torre Libertad” (Freedom Tower) buildings, the latter of which houses Channel 10 television.  Luckily there were no injuries, only property damage, police said.

The police spokesman, Orlin Cerrato, told reporters that the bomb that exploded at the headquarters of the judiciary is an RPG-7 made in Russia, and was launched from outside. Damages to the building of the Supreme Court “are of minor consideration,” while the Channel 10 building had broken glass on the second floor, said Cerrato. A journalist from Channel 10 reported that the bomb also damaged the ground floor.

He added they are doing an analysis of the type of explosive that was used on the Channel 10 building, which also holds offices of Hablemos Claro. Cerrato said the Police has been following up on unidentified groups who aim to terrorize the population into not voting in elections Sunday in Honduras. “These acts will not undermine the will of the people … we guarantee the process, people do not need to fear going outside,” said the police spokesman.

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