(6 Nov 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Zoom out of ministers in interim president Roberto Micheletti's cabinet arriving at news conference
2. Mid of ministers at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rafael Pineda Ponce, Minister in Micheletti's Cabinet:
"President Micheletti has said more than once and as a show of his patriotism, that his position (as president) is in the hands of the Honduran people's goodwill. So he will resign at anytime if (ousted President Manuel) Zelaya decides to take on the same attitude (meaning that Zelaya should resign if Micheletti does). That's what he has said and has been repeating it today before the ministers."
4. Cutaway of cameraman
5. Wide of ministers
6. Pan of crowd gathered in area where homemade explosive device exploded near a public restroom in Tegucigalpa main square
7. Crowd gathered and police outside public restroom
8. Top shot of police entering restroom
9. Close of Sign reading: (Spanish) "Men"
10. Various of damage inside restroom stall
11. Police outside restroom
STORYLINE
A negotiator for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said a US-brokered pact to end a four-month political crisis has failed after a deadline for forming a unity government passed.
Victor Meza said the pact has fallen apart because Congress failed to vote on whether to reinstate Zelaya to office before a Thursday deadline for
forming the unity government.
Earlier in the day efforts to create the unity government appeared to be dragging past the Thursday deadline, with the overthrown president warning that failing to act was a risky endeavour.
"Today is a momentous day," ousted President Manuel Zelaya told Radio Globo from the Brazilian Embassy, where he is holed up under threat of
arrest.
"Congress has a great role in solving this conflict. If it is not in session to reverse the coup and achieve peace and national reconciliation,
the agreement will no longer be fulfilled."
An accord forged last week with the help of US diplomats gave the two sides until Thursday to install a government with supporters of Zelaya and
his rival, Roberto Micheletti, who was named president by Congress after Zelaya was removed in a June 28 coup.
The accord did not require Zelaya's return to the presidency. The decision was left up to Congress, without a deadline.
In what appeared to be a step forward, the interim Cabinet members all resigned on Thursday night to make room for the unity government.
According to Rafael Pineda Ponce, a resigned Cabinet minister, Micheletti said he was prepared to resign the presidency and that Zelaya should do the same.
However, negotiators for the two sides said they were still mulling over possible candidates to compose the multiparty government.
Representatives for both Micheletti and Zelaya, said the sides had made positive steps, but both declined to comment on whether Thursday's deadline would be met.
Zelaya, who has been inside the Brazilian Embassy since he sneaked back into the country September 21, will not be pushed aside, his representative said.
Time is limited: A new presidential election to select Zelaya's successor is scheduled for November 29.
Hundreds of Zelaya supporters gathered outside Congress on Thursday to demand Zelaya's reinstatement. The protesters said they will boycott the elections if Zelaya is not returned to power beforehand to serve out his constitutionally limited single term, which ends in January.
Meanwhile, a small homemade explosive device exploded in a public restroom in Tegucigalpa main square.
No injures been reported, police said.
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