Honduran coup master, President Micheletti

The Honduras government announced Monday the lifting of a state of siege imposed 10 days ago, reports Latin American Herald Tribune.

“We have revoked the (state of siege) decree in the Council of Ministers,” the former head of Congress and now head of government, Roberto Micheletti, told a press conference in the capital.

“Everything, the entire decree, is completely revoked,” he said, accompanied by several members of the cabinet and by U.S. Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Micheletti also said that those responsible for expelling Zelaya from Honduras on the day of the putsch would be “punished” for their “error” in exiling the ousted head of state to Costa Rica.

While stressing the end of restrictions on constitutional freedoms, he said that the two pro-Zelaya media outlets shut down under the state of siege would have to apply to the courts for the restoration of their broadcasting licenses.

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