SANTO DOMINGO.- Honduras president elect Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday said he´s confident that the political crisis unleashed by the coup which deposed president Manuel Zelaya would ease with his Administration´s January 27 inaugural.

Lobo visited the National Palace Wednesday noon to meet with president Leonel Fernandez to deal with the Honduran political crisis. "The idea is to deal with president Fernandez, who has helped us so much, to draft an agreement letting us consolidate in my government the total reconciliation and unity of the Honduran people."

The Honduras leader said he regrets the persistence of his country´s crisis. "This government hasn’t been able to attain fluidity with president Manuel Zelaya. That’s part of the commitment which we are trying to establish today."

Lobo also guaranteed that during his government Zelaya would be treated with dignity and affirmed that he´s in favor of pardoning everyone involved in the putsch. “We all must forgive. We strongly defend an amnesty for all, regardless of the ideological differences we may have, it’s in the interest of the Honduran people."