Political career Roberto Micheletti

1 political career

1.1 deputy
1.2 president of national congress
1.3 presidency of honduras
1.4 legislator life

political career

in 1963, micheletti member of honor guard of president ramón villeda, toppled military; micheletti arrested , jailed on 3 october , jailed 27 days. in 1973 moved united states, living in tampa, florida, in new orleans, louisiana, 2 years before returning honduras in 1976. while living in usa finished high school , started own business.

deputy

micheletti won congressional seat in 1982 has held till june 2009, except brief period when ran hondutel, honduras state-owned national telephone company.

in 1985 micheletti part of group of deputies signed motion calling national congress reseat national constituent assembly. venezuelan government webpage claims proposal aimed @ enabling then-president roberto suazo run re-election in 1985 honduras presidential election. proposal dropped when congressmen refused support motion.

he has twice sought party s nomination run president, both times failing win internal election nomination of party, latter occasion in 2008 former vice president elvin santos, won liberal nomination november 2009 presidential election.

president of national congress

micheletti presided on national congress of honduras 25 january 2006 until 28 june 2009. although member of same party manuel zelaya, there had been conflict between 2 politicians before constitutional crisis.

presidency of honduras

the ministerio publico s office charged manuel zelaya violations of constitution, laws , court orders. supreme court issued arrest warrant. on morning of june 28, 2009, military arrested president zelaya , deported him costa rica.

after resignation letter president manuel zelaya read national congress of honduras, zelaya later denied writing, zelaya dismissed president, show of hands in national congress, on 28 june. congress, under articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 205, 220, subsections 20, 218, 242, 321, 322 , 323 of constitution of republic, unanimously agreed to:

disapprove zelaya s repeated violations of constitution, laws , court orders,
remove zelaya post, and,
name current president of congress roberto micheletti complete constitutional term ending january 27, 2010.


a demonstrator supporting micheletti.

the honduran constitution mandated head of congress, roberto micheletti, act provisional head of state since vice president elvin ernesto santos had resigned in december 2008 run president.

micheletti s term in office saw demonstrations , against him, although demonstrations him encountered none of violent repression police.

domestically government supported organizations such unión cívica democrática , opposed resistance .

international support micheletti government scant. official reactions many international leaders condemned ousting of president zelaya, many of them calling reinstatement. organization of american states (oas) said not recognize government other of manuel zelaya. united states rejected overthrow of zelaya in statements president barack obama, secretary of state hillary clinton , ambassador honduras hugo llorens. european union condemned ousting of zelaya. cuban president raúl castro asked return of democracy in honduras. venezuelan president hugo chávez stated had put nation s armed forces on alert, , vowed take military action if venezuela s embassy or envoy honduras harmed.

micheletti s 25-year-old nephew enzo micheletti abducted , found murdered in late october 2009 though no evidence linking crime political events going on discovered.

deaths have been allegedly linked violence in aftermath of coup include 19-year-old isis obed murillo mencías, shot in head on 5 july when zelaya s plane trying land @ toncontin airport; 40-year-old campesino leader , democratic unification party member ramón garcía on 12 july, after forced unknown people off bus; 23-year-old pedro magdiel muñoz salvador, allegedly detained police during anti-coup protests , taken el paraíso police station on 24 july, allegedly found @ 6:30 following morning 42 stab wounds , 38-year-old high school teacher roger abraham vallejo soriano, shot in head allegedly security forces during protests on 31 july, dying on 1 august.

costa rican president Óscar arias acted mediator in talks between honduran government , manuel zelaya try find political solution. presented seven-point agreement, called unity government. zelaya wanted become president again , supreme court warned congress grant amnesty zelaya. zelaya s representatives accepted arias proposal in principle micheletti s representatives balked @ key point of zelaya returning power in honduras.

in open letter wall street journal published on 27 july 2009, roberto micheletti listed honduran government s reasons , justification ousting zelaya. in it, micheletti claimed zelaya s removal office supported supreme court (15-0), overwhelming majority of congress, supreme electoral tribunal, administrative law tribunal, independent human rights ombudsman, 2 major presidential candidates of liberal , national parties , honduras’ catholic cardinal. micheletti stated not military coup since military following orders given civilian supreme court , zelaya replaced civilian line of succession prescribed in constitution.

on 21 august 2009, inter-american commission on human rights dispatched six-member delegation reported accusations received. delegation told of alleged violent confrontations , arbitrary arrests. accused police of rape. alleged judges threatened @ gunpoint . based on statements received, delegation concluded there atmosphere of intimidation inhibits free exercise of freedom of expression .

on march 11, 2010, department of state released annual report on human rights, in stated on june 28, military forcibly removed , sent exile president jose manuel zelaya, , congress president roberto micheletti bain became leader of de facto regime. until june 28 coup d état (june coup), country constitutional, multiparty democracy population of approximately 8 million... , although coup bloodless, subsequent related events resulted in loss of life limitations de facto regime on freedom of movement, association, expression, , assembly . in official press release published in website, embassy in tegucigalpa stated before june 28, 2009 coup d état, honduras faced substantial challenges in protection of human rights, had 1 of western hemisphere s highest homicide rates, , killings appearing politically motivated. human rights climate deteriorated following coup, regard respect rights of women, members of ethnic communities , sexual minorities , other vulnerable groups. while de facto regime in power, there incidents resulting in loss of life, disproportionate use of force, including beatings security forces of protestors, sexual assaults, other serious human rights abuses. de facto regime engaged in substantial interference freedom of movement, association, expression, , assembly. according embassy s website, expressed honduran attorney general, members of security forces, , human rights ombudsman, among others, serious concerns reported human rights abuses .

according latest greenberg quinlar rosler research opinion poll during october 9–13, 48% of hondurans regarded micheletti s performance or excellent. 50% regarded performance bad or poor.

the 2009 general election took place, planned, on 29 november. national party candidate, porfirio lobo sosa, victorious on liberal party candidate elvin santos, winning election 56.56% of vote. lobo sosa inaugurated president on january 27, 2010.

legislator life

in january 2010 honduran congress granted micheletti status of legislator life . appointment not make him immune prosecution, international media sources stated.