No negotiations,
only planning the departure of the coup government,
affirms Zelaya
WASHINGTON, JULY 7. — The constitutional
president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, today accepted
the mediation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias
as a means of ending the de facto regime installed
in that country after the June 28 coup d’état.
"We
accept the mediation of Oscar Arias," Zelaya stated
at a press conference shortly after his meeting with
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other
officials from Barack Obama’s administration in
Washington.
According to the Honduran President, this move is
not a negotiation or an act of betrayal of the
thousands of Hondurans who have taken to the streets
to reject the coup and demand the return of the
legitimate government.
"There are things that cannot be negotiated, such
as the reestablishment of democracy and the return
to power of the deposed president. The restoration
of the government is not on the table, I will not
betray the people that are in the streets," he
affirmed.
