Honduras Supreme Court backs Zelaya ouster: sources

The Court did not release the full text of its non-binding ruling, but a court source and a lawyer close to the proceedings said it closely follows earlier decisions upholding Zelaya's ouster after he moved to change the constitution.

On June 28, soldiers removed Zelaya from office and sent him into exile on orders from the Supreme Court. The Congress swore in Roberto Micheletti to head the new government, but the world denounced the move and refused to recognize the interim government. The Court's opinion will be passed to lawmakers as part of a U.S.-backed deal between both sides that calls on Congress to decide whether or not Zelaya can be reinstated.

The opinion may sway Congress' Dec. 2 vote against Zelaya, who snuck back into the country in September and is camped out inside the Brazilian embassy.

Honduran soldiers have surrounded the embassy.

Zelaya pulled out of the U.S.-brokered deal earlier this month and says he will refuse to return to power.

Honduras will hold a presidential election on Sunday that was scheduled long before the coup. Neither Zelaya nor Micheletti is running and the United States sees the vote as a possible solution to the stalemate.

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