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Louisiana1976 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-19-09 10:37 PM
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Micheletti to step down briefly for Honduras polls
Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said he planned to step down briefly over November 29 elections in an apparent bid to boost their international legitimacy.

The de facto leadership hopes the polls will put an end to a deep crisis set off by the June 28 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, which has isolated the Central American nation.

Micheletti said he expected to be absent from public functions from November 25 to December 2, in an address on national media.

"With this measure I aim to concentrate all the attention of Honduran
people on the electoral process and not on the political crisis," Micheletti said.

Zelaya, in comments to Venezuela's Telesur TV channel, immediately rejected the move as a "crude maneuver" that implicitly recognizes that Micheletti's presence in office "stains the electoral process."

Micheletti did not name a replacement but said that the government would function normally during his absence.

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http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Micheletti_to_briefly_step_down_for_11192009.html
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