Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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$ ]! k7 Z2 z+ o5 O" X) SDeposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.

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Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.

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His departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at gunpoint on 28 June over a constitutional dispute.


Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.

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Under a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile #x as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges that he violated the constitution while in office.


6 a$ y0 y8 I) tMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.
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4 W: u" `& q1 |8 I9 X; k; H/ ~Mr Zelaya travelled to the Dominican Republic on the presidential plane, accompanied by the country's president, Leonel Fernandez, who attended the swearing-in ceremony for Mr Lobo hours before.

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2 Y3 \+ H& y: N9 E2 t; T1 K3 M  l- JMr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.
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Fond farewell
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$ [' Y, d: k0 Q$ P3 k, _) UMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.


"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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9 w  N- `% X: w% {0 r! O& l' `He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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1 D1 g" b8 Z& I# l: l3 V) I- c: CHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.
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- _( x+ R* I! s4 hWith opinion divided in Honduras and internationally, several nations have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the November election, in which Mr Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.

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, k: C8 e$ D" k) TMr Lobo's first act upon taking office was to sign a decree giving amnesty to the soldiers, politicians and judges who brought about the June ousting.
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Mr Zelaya was removed amid a dispute over his plans to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
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His critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, #x aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.
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Mr Zelaya repeatedly said he had no interest in staying in power Ray Ban sunglassesbut wanted to rewrite an outdated constitution to guarantee fairer representation for all Hondurans.
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