Honduran crisis talks stall as de facto gov't challenges Zelaya

TEGUCIGALPA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The de facto Honduran government on Wednesday denounced those representing the ousted president at the ongoing negotiations as people who "do not act in good faith."

The interim foreign ministry said in a communique that Manuel Zelaya's representatives "on the one hand signed an agreement, but on the other threw denouncements at the (de facto) government and demanded the application of more and bigger discriminatory measures against Honduras and its people."

The communique added that Zelaya's representatives "conspired to sabotage the elections, requested the intervention of foreign governments in our territory and continued promoting a constitutive assembly."

The communique was issued after Zelaya's negotiators had said that dialogue to solve the Honduran political crisis was in a phase of "evident obstruction" and stagnation.

The de facto government said it was "regrettable" that Zelaya's negotiators had put forward an unacceptable proposal for the talks to continue.

Zelaya's camp said Monday that it would not return to the negotiation table until the de facto government allows Zelaya to return to the presidency ahead of the scheduled general election in November.

The de facto government proposed that the National Congress and the Supreme Court of Justice prepare a report on the Honduran crisis for the negotiators, which would help them analyze the situation and make a final decision.

The Supreme Court, together with a near unanimous vote in the Congress, were responsible for ordering Zelaya's ousting in June after the coup.

Zelaya was ousted from the presidency on June 28, after he planned to organize a referendum on the country's constitution which might give him a second term through the November elections.