Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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  X9 d8 \$ H8 _9 K' ~3 mHonduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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" L; _( ?1 V- z5 d( [% pDeposed 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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8 G$ J+ M9 @3 g) O: xHundreds 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.
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% b, z  O& S7 {' rNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.


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.


! y( \8 f& Q7 i6 ZMr 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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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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Mr 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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( H/ F+ w& v7 @# S+ DFond farewell

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- @9 V1 U  M( A% b1 oMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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8 ]9 K/ R4 E) N! v; r( a4 n"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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' ?* [3 O- Q5 qHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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& i! t1 O) [) F# _+ I2 E8 B4 tHis 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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With 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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Mr 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.


% n" q: z$ a/ x" h, h+ wHis 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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