Honduras in legislative crisis ahead of inauguration
ABC News
Honduras is Just two days away from inaugurating its next president and it's mired in a legislative crisis bordering on the absurd
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Just two days from inaugurating its next president, Honduras was mired Tuesday in a legislative crisis bordering on the absurd.
Early in the morning, when the new Congress was scheduled to open its first session, rival congressional leadership teams convened two simultaneous, competing sessions.
One, loyal to President-elect Xiomara Castro, convened inside the National Congress chamber. The other, led by breakaway members of her own party, was carried out virtually, with the support of the party of outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernández and another opposition party.
The political schism has the potential to make it almost impossible for Castro to govern.
