TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran president-elect Xiomara Castro on Friday accused a few of her party’s lawmakers of “betrayal” after they broke a pact with a key ally, doubtlessly placing in jeopardy Castro’s capacity to cross a sweeping agenda by Congress.
Lawmakers from Castro’s leftist Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) and two different events appointed a member of their caucus as president of Congress, breaking an settlement to nominate a lawmaker from the Partido Salvador de Honduras (PSH), an ally that helped Castro declare victory.
The lawmakers stated the appointment was geared toward defending Castro’s incoming authorities. Castro pushed again, threatening to dam the brand new head of Congress from being sworn in on Jan. 27, the identical day she takes workplace.
“The betrayal was carried out!” Castro wrote on Twitter. “I do not want traitors to guard me.”
Under Honduran regulation, lawmakers have to safe a majority plus one to nominate the administrators of the chamber or have the ability to reform or repeal legal guidelines. Libre and its allies gained 60 out of 128 seats in the single-house Congress.
One of these allies is PSH. Castro promised PSH management of Congress after its candidate Salvador Nasralla stepped down from the race and pledged help to Castro, the spouse of former President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a coup in 2009.
Nasralla described Friday’s motion as “one other coup like in 2009” towards Hondurans who voted for Castro with the expectation that PSH would lead Congress.
Going towards the take care of PSH will probably influence Castro’s capacity to prevail in Congress, analysts stated.
“Undoubtedly, though the dissident deputies say they help her marketing campaign guarantees, they weaken their capacity to meet people who should undergo Congress,” stated Eugenio Sosa, a professor at Honduras’ National Autonomous University.
(Reporting by Gustavo Palencia, Writing by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
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