TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The deposed Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday vowed to return to the country despite an
arrest threat that could put him in jail for 20 years.
Zelaya has won wide international supports, and he
will make a high-profile comeback flanked by the president of the UN General
Assembly, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) and
presidents of Argentina and Ecuador on a flight to Honduras on Thursday.
ARREST
WARRANT
Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi said Zelaya would
be arrested "as soon as he sets foot on Honduran soil" and he could face 20
years in prison.
Rubi said Zelaya's arrest warrant include 18 separate
crimes such as abuse of power and treason.
"If Zelaya loves Honduras he should not come," said
the coup-installed president Roberto Micheletti in a Tuesday interview with
local radio station HRN.
"There is nothing to negotiate, there is a new
government in power that he should respect," Micheletti said, adding that Zelaya
has tried to negotiate his return to power with a high-ranking military
official.
INTERNATIONAL
SUPPORT
The UN General Assembly on
Tuesday adopted a resolution condemning the military coup in Honduras and demand
an immediate restoration of Zelaya's government.
The ousted President of Honduras Manuel
Zelaya speaks during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New
York, the United States, June 30, 2009. Manuel Zelaya expressed his
gratitude toward the international community and tearfully described the
last moments in his home country before being thrown onto a plane and
whisked away. (Xinhua/Gu Xinrong) Photo Gallery>>>
The resolution, adopted by acclamation, called upon
all the 192 UN member states not to recognize the military regime that took
power by force, and not to recognize any government other than Zelaya's.
Zelaya, invited to speak at the General Assembly,
took the floor after the resolution was adopted, saying that "the resolution is
historic."
"I'm going back to calm people down. I'm going to try
to open a dialogue and put things in order," Zelaya said.
Zelaya has received overwhelming support from its
neighbors and regional and world organizations. Many of its close neighbors have
halted cross-border trade with the Micheletti regime. The World Bank and the
Central American Bank for Economic Integration have suspended endorsing new
loans to Micheletti's government.
NO PEACE YET
In Honduras, demonstrations
continued for and against Zelaya. Tegucigalpa's central park saw a rally by
representatives of the church and big businesses, and politicians including
Martha Lorena Casco, Micheletti's new deputy foreign minister.
Supporters of ousted Honduran President
Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, June 29,
2009. The death toll from protests against the interim Honduran government
installed after a military coup increased to two on Monday after a
protestor died in hospital. (Xinhua/David De La Paz) Photo Gallery>>>
"We are doing this so the world sees the other side
of the coin," she told the crowd.
Demonstrations in favor of Zelaya were organized in
Ocotepeque, a western province that borders El Salvador and Guatemala and in
Colon province and San Pedro Sula city, both in the country's north.
Two people died on Monday in separate demonstrations
against the Micheletti government. The post-coup authority has decided on
Tuesday to extend the curfew for 72 hours on top of that on Sunday and Monday
nights.
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran
President Manuel Zelaya tearfully recounted to the UN General Assembly (GA) on
Tuesday his pre-dawn gunpoint rousting and forced flight to Costa Rica then
vowed to return to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, escorted by two
international diplomats and two Latin American presidents. Full story
UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (Xinhua) --
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution to condemn the military
coup in Honduras and demand the immediate restoration of the government of
ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
The resolution also asked all the countries not to
recognize the military regime that took power by force. Full story
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup
leader Roberto Micheletti said that deposed president, Manuel Zelaya, should not
return in a Tuesday interview with domestic radio station HRN.
"If Zelaya loves Honduras he should not come,"
Micheletti said. Zelaya has announced plans to return to Honduras on Thursday,
in the company of the president of the UN General Assembly, the
secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), and the
president of Argentina. Full story
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup
leader, Roberto Micheletti, joined a rally of sympathizers in a public park in
Honduras capital Tegucigalpa on Tuesday, a day after anti-government rallies
were dispersed by troops with tear gas and shooting.
"They told me a few people with leftist intentions
would try to scare us, but not the brave men and women of our nation,"
Micheletti told a crowd that chanted "Democracy! Democracy!" in response. He
added that existing general election plans would go ahead on Nov. 29 and that a
new president would be sworn in on Jan.27, 2010. Full story
