Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.


, j, V7 X4 b+ K0 t; |Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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His 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.


( s7 n; @9 B) m; O# M4 E/ pNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.


8 o1 v2 b& Q/ N, h0 uUnder 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.
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* ^: o" P' B5 }  L+ Y- B/ K. HMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.


6 \: J7 V0 d; S3 X7 MMr 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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Mr 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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Fond farewell

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Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.


1 _; M* U5 N. B3 B: x$ A"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.

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# F7 ^9 M- z3 }0 y& N6 O: o* fHis 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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9 z1 s# j. N0 |6 ?+ e; NWith 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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. Z' ]0 Q9 r: y; B1 A9 S% SMr 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.


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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1 }9 \: S3 U8 R+ WHis 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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+ P) x3 k: {4 A# X2 _; DMr 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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