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© Reuters. Xiomara Castro (Honduran President-Elect) greets supporters in front of the Honduran Congress in Tegucigalpa. Honduras. January 23, 20,22. REUTERS/Fredy Rodrguez

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TEGUCIGALPA – Two Honduran senators in opposing alliances backed the same person as Congress President on Sunday, amid disagreements between President-elect Xiomara Cruz and dissidents of her party. The dispute raised concerns about a possible new political crisis for Central American poverty-stricken country.

Castro’s Leftist Liberty and Refoundation Party, (Libre), and two other parties elected a member from their caucus to the presidency of Congress Friday. This broke an agreement to nominate a Partido Salvador de Honduras lawmaker (PSH), which was an ally in Castro’s victory.

Castro called the action a “betrayal” and said that her party expelled 18 legislators who supported her decision not to name a PSH member as the head of Congress.

After the dispute created chaos scenes at Congress, the United States Embassy in Honduras called for dialogue and calm on Saturday.

On Sunday, dissident legislators formed a board supported by Honduras’ National Party. They met at a club near Tegucigalpa to swear Jorge Calix (NYSE) in as President of Congress. Supported by lawmakers from Juan Orlando Hernandez’s former party, they also swore in Jorge Calix (NYSE;) as Vice-President of Congress.

Castro’s supporters and allies in PSH elected Luis Redondo, a lawmaker to the position in an assembly at the Capitol’s congressional headquarters.

Calix gave a speech where he promised to support Castro, despite differences in politics.

Calix declared, “We want guarantee that we will ensure that the legislative agenda by our president Xiomara Cruz is fulfilled.”

Castro tweeted later that Redondo was her congressional president and thanked lawmakers for rejecting “12 years” of corruption networks. This refers to Hernandez, the outgoing president.

Honduran Council of Private Enterprise released a statement stating that lawmakers’ turn of events “puts the function of Rule of Law and Democracy at serious Risk” and asking for “an urgent and sincere dialogue.”

Castro threatened to refuse to be sworn into office by Calix on January 27, 2012.

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