Honduran Congress postpone amnesty debate

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Source: Associated Press

2010-01-13 09:26 AM

Honduran lawmakers have indefinitely postponed debating an amnesty for those involved in a coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Congressional vice president Ramon Velasquez says lawmakers do not have time to discuss the divisive issue before their terms end. He says it would be up to a newly elected Congress that takes office Monday to debate the amnesty.

President-elect Porfirio Lobo says he supports granting amnesty both to Zelaya and to all of those involved in the June coup but it is up to Congress to approve it. Lobo won the Nov. 29 election to succeed Zelaya

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Honduras' Top Court to Hear Case Against Military
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 11, 2010

Filed at 10:57 p.m. ET

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras' Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a request by the chief prosecutor to charge the country's top military commanders with abuse of power for sending President Manuel Zelaya into exile.

The court said in a statement that it has asked the six members of the Joint Chief of Staff to attend a hearing Thursday. Supreme Court President Jorge Rivera will hear the case before deciding how to proceed, the statement said.

The prosecutor's case doesn't question Zelaya's ouster itself, only whether the military went too far in flying the ousted leader to Costa Rica after he was arrested by armed soldiers in a dispute over a constitutional referendum ... http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/11/world/AP-LT-Honduras-Coup.html?_r=1