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De facto president Micheletti to step aside during Honduran vote
Nov 20, 2009, 2:00 GMT
Tegucigalpa - De facto president Roberto Micheletti said Thursday that he will step aside as head of the interim government during Honduras' upcoming elections.
In comments broadcast on radio in Honduras, Micheletti said that he would relinquish power for a week, from Wednesday until December 2. Honduras holds a presidential election on November 29.
Micheletti said that he wanted voters to focus on the elections for president and Parliament and not on the country's crisis since June, when the elected president was ousted.
President Manuel Zelaya was seized by the Honduras military and sent into exile on orders of the Supreme Court, which alleged that he was trying to alter the constitution and continue in power beyond his single-term limit.
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