Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

4 H1 [4 \" R! D0 |. s7 U% zHonduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile


! o- q, L6 K! M8 QDeposed 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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Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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4 `0 i" `6 B; v6 CHis 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.


  X4 j: X- _% B) T7 P! P4 pNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.
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! z. ]; h+ p. i+ Y% W0 lUnder 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.


Mr 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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3 P3 p5 C- X( tMr 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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1 i2 Y" l2 j7 s4 X! kFond farewell
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, `. v# Y2 _  hMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.


. ~$ g1 g4 f6 k) M"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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" r/ Z5 @" s! q2 sHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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3 @+ Y/ W, D: o2 Y- cHis 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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! p( y# t# ^# [$ d/ X) a/ YMr 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.

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His 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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