Honduran interim leader bows out of spotlight 6 days before new president inaugurated
By APThursday, January 21, 2010
Honduran interim leader leaves presidential palace
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran interim President Roberto Micheletti says he will move out of the presidential palace and leave his Cabinet in charge of day-to-day operations six days before the newly elected leader’s inauguration. He is not resigning, however.
Micheletti says he is voluntarily withdrawing from the public spotlight “because I do not want to be an obstacle to the new government.”
Micheletti told a local television station Thursday that he will keep a low profile until President-elect Porfirio Lobo takes office next week.
Micheletti was named acting president by Congress after President Manuel Zelaya was hustled out of the country in a June 28 coup.
(This version CORRECTS that Micheletti is not stepping down, just leaving the presidential palace).)
