Zelaya slams new US bid to influence Honduran crisis

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has slammed a fresh US bid to revive talks, supposedly aimed at resolving the political crisis in the Latin American country.

Zelaya described the new American proposal as a ‘false dialogue’, saying that ‘he would not return to the negotiating table.’

On Tuesday, The American Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly arrived in Tegucigalpa to launch yet another bid to end months of political crisis in Honduras, ahead of the upcoming general elections.

According to the State Department, Kelly is to push for “a free and fair election and the seating of a new government in Honduras.”

The coup-installed government of Roberto Micheletti has announced that it would welcome the new US bid.

This is while another US-brokered agreement that was supposed to end the four-month-old crisis failed last week when the Honduran Congress refused to vote to reinstate Zelaya.

Under the power-sharing deal, Zelaya was to be restored to power by Thursday night, as a crucial part of the deal.

Honduras has been shaken by a political turmoil since June 28, when Zelaya was forced out of the Central American State in a bloodless military coup that many believe was backed by the US.

The Honduran military has traditionally been heavily influenced, trained, and supported by American military.