Deputies who support Castro but from different factions agreed to accept that the chamber be headed by the group recognized by the left-wing president and end a conflict that began before the new ruler took office at the end of January and that threatened with hindering their ambitious projects in Congress.
“We are going to keep our word pledged in the campaign to support President Xiomara Castro’s legislative agenda of transparency and anti-corruption laws,” said the deputy Jorge Calixa member of the dissident group and who had assumed the legislative presidency with the support of the right.
The agreement means that the ruling Libertad y Refundación (Libre) party and its allies will have 68 of the 128 votes in the chamber.
The simple majority of 65 deputies would allow Xiomara Castro to promote her proposal to repeal several laws that grant impunity to officials and legislatorsapproved during the government of former president John Orlando Hernandezwhom the United States included on a list of corrupt agents on Monday.
However, the ruling party will have to negotiate with the opposition National Party and Liberal Party, as well as with a deputy from a minority force, the election of a new Supreme Court of Justice and a General Prosecutor in the next two years, appointments that require 86 votes.
The group of legislators recognized by Castro approved on Thursday a decree that authorizes the installation in Honduras of a Commission Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (CCICIH) with the support of the UN to investigate and combat the phenomenon in the country.
Source: Ambito
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