In a masterstroke of diplomacy, Micheletti has been reported by the New York Times as saying he supports Costa Rican President Oscar Arias’s second plan to defuse the Honduran crisis, but that he has been “unable to convince” the Honduran congress and supreme court to agree with it. The plan is unacceptable for Mel Zelaya and Hugo Chavez, because although it is very similar, it is much harder to subvert than the first version; It was no coincidence the two condemned it. Zelaya’s delegation didn’t even consider it, but immediately after having heard it, merely stated that they had already declared negotiations as failed days before.

This deftly brings to light a blunt fact the media refuses to acknowledge or report. I’ve said it on this blog, and repeat it once more: Zelaya doesn’t want to sign the Arias accord. A small but powerful clause was inserted by Arias in order to ease Micheletti’s credible fear that Zelaya would use the plan to get back into power, and then set up the constituent assembly anyway. The clause states Zelaya would have to relinquish his plan of a Constitutional Assembly, or the entire agreement would be declared void. If it were declared void, Zelaya’s amnesty would vanish in a puff of smoke, and he could be imprisoned.

Because of this, Micheletti knows Zelaya will never support the Arias accord, and that is only wearing an increasingly uncomfortable sheepskin to cover his ravenous appetite for power.

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