Newly appointed Honduran President Roberto Micheletti (photo) has announced a two-day nationwide curfew as supporters of the country's ousted leader erect barricades in the capital, Tegucigalpa. Gunfire was heard near the presidential palace. Former parliamentary speaker Roberto Micheletti, sworn in on Sunday as acting president by the Honduran Congress, swiftly imposed a 48-hour nationwide curfew starting on Sunday night, hours after a military coup which toppled President Manuel Zelaya pushed the Central American country into crisis. "He transformed this coup into a completely legal act with daring tact," said Laurence Cuvillier, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Mexico. "He claims to have been named president by a legal process and in accordance with the law. He is referring to the Constitution, according to which the army - which captured and expelled Zelaya - implements orders of the Supreme Court."
Former parliamentary speaker Roberto Micheletti, sworn in on Sunday as acting president by the Honduran Congress, swiftly imposed a 48-hour nationwide curfew starting on Sunday night, hours after a military coup which toppled President Manuel Zelaya pushed the Central American country into crisis. "He transformed this coup into a completely legal act with daring tact," said Laurence Cuvillier, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Mexico. "He claims to have been named president by a legal process and in accordance with the law. He is referring to the Constitution, according to which the army - which captured and expelled Zelaya - implements orders of the Supreme Court."
