The deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has refused to return to the presidency as part of any deal to end the crisis sparked by the man who ousted him, saying that to do so would legitimise a June coup.
A US brokered agreement to end the political deadlock in Honduras collapsed earlier this month after de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said he would form a new government without Zelaya.
Zelaya had initially welcomed the pact, which he said was meant to reinstate him but has now changed his mind saying: "From this date onward, I reaffirm my decision not to accept any agreement to return to the presidency (that would) cover up this coup"
Under the pact, Congress was supposed to vote on whether or not Zelaya would be restored to power, but no deadline was set.
Zelaya sneaked back into the country in September and has been living in the Brazilian Embassy ever since.
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