Crisis in Honduras: two parallel congresses are installed before Xiomara Castro takes office

The installation of two parallel legislatures in Honduras, each led by different presidents of Congress, extended on Tuesday the political crisis that overshadows the assumption of the leftist Xiomara Castro and its governance plans.

In the building of the Legislative Power, the deputy took possession louis round, who has the support of Castro and from the ranks loyal to the Libertad y Refundación (Libre) party. The session was attended by an escort of cadets from the Armed Forces, as the high-ranking military commanders had already announced, in a sign of recognition of the authority of the president-elect.

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Meanwhile, in parallel and via Zoom, Jorge Cálix also installed his legislature as head of Congress, with a score of dissident deputies from Libre and most of the deputies from the right-wing National Party and the Liberal Party, opponents of Castro.

More than 70 titular deputies of the 128 that the Legislative has participated in this virtual session. In the case of Redondo, the quorum was completed with alternate deputies, including several replacements for the rebels.

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The crisis broke out last weekend after a group of Libre dissidents ignored an agreement with the Salvador Party of Honduras (PSH), whose support was key to winning the elections last November. The pact compromised the support to Redondo, of the PSH, as head of the Legislative.

The dissidents elected goblet, because they consider that the Congress should be presided over by Libre, because it is the party with the most deputies, 50. Those loyal to Castro elected Redondo, even though he belongs to another political force, to respect the electoral pact and guarantee governability.

“She has my support frankly, so that she goes down in history as the best president this country has ever had”, He said goblet a Castro in his installation speech on Tuesday, despite disagreements and having been expelled from the party, along with the other dissidents.

He assured that he will support his entire agenda of fighting corruption and fighting drug trafficking, two of the evils that exacerbate poverty in the country.

Both sides accuse each other of having committed illegalities in their respective appointments, although they maintain dialogue.

Castro, wife of the ousted former president Manuel Zelaya, has already invited Redondo to place the presidential sash on Thursday, January 27, at the ceremony to be held at the National Stadium.

“I think there will be a negotiation as a result of this dialogue, and one of the scenarios is that there is a third person who assumes the leadership (of Congress), as a result of a negotiation”Ernesto Paz, former foreign minister of the Zelaya government, told AFP.

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