HONDURAS, November 10, 2009. The crisis in Honduras threatens to worsen on Tuesday, due to the facto regime's decision to bring the electoral. OAS to Examine Honduras Coup Crisis process forward, despite failed agreements to restore institutionality. On October 30, representatives from the constitutional government and the dictatorship had agreed to put restitution of President Manuel Zelaya and creation of a unity and reconciliation government before Congress for approval. That deal, called as the Tegucigalpa-San Jose agreement, failed when head of the coup regime Roberto Micheletti tried to "form a cabinet with him on the lead, and Parliament delayed the voting on the constitutional president's reinstatement in power." Zelaya, who is at the Brazilian embassy in that capital, denounced that the putschists are now plotting to replace Micheletti by another figurehead to legitimize the November 29 elections. Both the legitimate president and the National Front against the Coup said they would not recognize an unlawful electoral process. The Front, grouping dozens of union, indigenous, and farmer organizations, as well as progressive politicians and representatives from other sectors, have asked candidates to withdraw from the electoral race. This week, independent presidential runner Carlos H. Reyes presented its resignation for considering that post-coup conditions do not allow free clear elections. The US, which carried out maneuvers to delay the crisis, is now intending to recognize elections under the de facto regime, the resistance censured. According to US ambassador to Honduras Hugo Llorens, the elections "would bring democracy back to the country." However, most governments and organizations such as the UN, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas, and the Rio Group, have warned that they would not recognize the elections if Zelaya is not reinstated. (Cubaminrex- PL)
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