Stalemate

Both Roberto Micheletti and Manuel Zelaya have declined to including a general amnesty clause in the Guaymuras agreements, as they both claim to have committed no crime. But this makes it much more difficult to reinstate Zelaya, who has 18 charges against him in Honduran courts. Zelaya claims he is still president, and that Micheletti has usurped power, and thus, his restitution would be a restitution in practice only, but that legally, he has never ceased being president during the entire time. The Supreme Court would not agree with this, of course, and neither do the US congressional committee that analyzed Zelaya’s removal from office and declared that it was legal, nor the UN consultant whose memo reached a similar conclusion, but has been rapidly hushed up.

Both sides claim progress, but the stalemate continues. Nevertheless, both sides are talking to each other directly, which is an enormous improvement. Rumor mills have suggested that Zelaya would go into exile in Spain, and that Micheletti would resign, to allow a unity government to rule Honduras without the intervention of either, until the a new president is elected and takes office. Time is running out. The election is in 40 days.

What!

If you go to the Google web site with the new suggest options turned on, and type “what!” with the exclamation point, this is the result you get…notice the last phrase!