Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

" V# Z6 e& U; L; c- e) U7 BHonduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.


! c5 n, G  Q5 T2 @/ ]" q$ H' l. O0 cHundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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& Q8 s0 f# h/ e7 I! cHis departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at gunpoint on 28 June over a constitutional dispute.
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4 l# n/ k0 u8 ]( B7 H/ {Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.


, I% v* H/ z& x6 k# x  SUnder a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile #x as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges that he violated the constitution while in office.
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Mr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.

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8 r4 b$ k$ r8 p+ z, FMr Zelaya travelled to the Dominican Republic on the presidential plane, accompanied by the country's president, Leonel Fernandez, who attended the swearing-in ceremony for Mr Lobo hours before.

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* v, E3 c# l9 S5 j6 hMr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.
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Fond farewell
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7 O+ J; F7 C" Y& C# i, DMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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% A7 n& Y# P% Y: p" P- S; E"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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! l8 A! F1 J7 r/ MHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.


3 K# Y, u! C& D# A( kHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.

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With opinion divided in Honduras and internationally, several nations have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the November election, in which Mr Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.
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2 U! c8 @4 Q4 ~- a) {$ g* }$ WMr Lobo's first act upon taking office was to sign a decree giving amnesty to the soldiers, politicians and judges who brought about the June ousting.
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- M9 H0 v' {; [$ l( G6 BMr Zelaya was removed amid a dispute over his plans to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.


( v/ c0 e) k# i- BHis critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, #x aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.


Mr Zelaya repeatedly said he had no interest in staying in power Ray Ban sunglassesbut wanted to rewrite an outdated constitution to guarantee fairer representation for all Hondurans.
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