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Honduran lawmakers elect interim prosecutor, opposition cries foul

Ruling party lawmakers in Honduras elected an interim attorney general on Wednesday, but opposition legislators accused the allies of leftist President Xiomara Castro of engineering an unconstitutional power grab. Lawmakers with Castro's Libre party muscled through the election of the new interim prosecutor, Johel Zelaya, with a committee vote where their members make up a majority, even though they represent a minority in the Congress overall. The Central American country's constitution stipula

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Honduran lawmakers elect interim prosecutor, opposition cries foul

Ruling party lawmakers in Honduras elected an interim attorney general on Wednesday, but opposition legislators accused the allies of leftist President Xiomara Castro of engineering an unconstitutional power grab. Lawmakers with Castro's Libre party muscled through the election of the new interim prosecutor, Johel Zelaya, with a committee vote where their members make up a majority, even though they represent a minority in the Congress overall. The Central American country's constitution stipulates that 86 votes from the 128-member unicameral legislature are needed to elect the attorney general, but it also gives the committee the power to pick an interim chief prosecutor if the post is vacant.

Honduran lawmakers elect interim prosecutor, opposition cries foul

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ruling party lawmakers in Honduras elected an interim attorney general on Wednesday, but opposition legislators accused the allies of leftist President Xiomara Castro of engineering an unconstitutional power grab.

Honduran lawmakers elect interim prosecutor, opposition cries foul