The Honduran Congress decided on Tuesday to summon the meeting to decide the restitution in power of ousted President Manuel Zelaya after the general elections of Nov. 29.
President of the Congress, Jose Alfredo Saavedra, said on Tuesday that the deputies were summoned for Dec. 2, three days after the elections, to evaluate the restitution of Zelaya.
Saavedra told reporters that the decision was taken based on the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, which says that the Congress must decide if Zelaya is restituted or not in his charge, but it did not set a deadline for it.
On Tuesday the Prosecutor's Office of Honduras gave the Congress its opinion on Zelaya's restitution, as the Commissioner of Human Rights had done it before.
The Congress is waiting for the opinion of the Supreme Court of Justice and of the Public Ministry, which are expected to be handed in next week.
"Once we evaluate the consultations made by the National Congress, it was decided to summon the deputies of the Congress for Dec. 2," Saavedra
said.
Zelaya was ousted on June 28 and taken by force to Costa Rica, the situation that was condemned by the international community, and since Sept. 21 he was able to return to Honduras and he is staying in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, as the de facto government has issued detention orders against him.
In several occasions, Zelaya has said that the only way to make valid the elections and to be recognized is through his restitution in power
before them.
However, on Sunday Zelaya sent a note to U.S. President Barack Obama saying that he resigns to any agreement allowing his restitution.