Exiled Honduran president vows return on Sunday

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Honduras has rebuffed demands by the international community to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya in the name of constitutional order. But Zelaya has promised to return to his country to try to retake office after being removed in a coup last week.

Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya stand next to the fence protecting the airfield as soldiers guard the international  airport on the other side in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, July 4, 2009.  (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

He has called on supporters to refrain from violence and prepare to greet him at the airport on Sunday. While on Saturday, more than 10-thousand of them gathered near the heavily guarded presidential palace, pledging to be ready, should he return.

The interim government in Honduras has charged Manuel Zelaya with 18 criminal acts, including treason and failing to implement more than 80 laws approved by Congress since taking office in 2006. It has vowed to arrest him if he returns to the country.