Honduras de facto leader 'to quit'

Honduras de facto leader 'to quit'

The panel overseeing a deal to end the four month political crisis in Honduras has said that Roberto Micheletti, the country's interim president, will stand down although it has not given details as to when.

The Honduran Verification Commission also said on Wednesday that a national unity cabinet would be named on Thursday.

Lucia Newman, Al Jazeera's Latin America editor, said from Tegucigalpa: "The de facto president [Micheletti] has said that he will step aside to clear the way for a government of national reconciliation - presumably, he will do this immediately before or after this new cabinet is sworn in on Thursday.

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