The Honduran parliament will decide on December 2 whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya should be reinstated, congressional leader Alfredo Saavedra said.

The parliament will gather to vote on Zelaya's reinstatement three days after the country holds presidential elections on November 29. Neither Zelaya, who was bundled out of the country on June 28, nor interim leader Roberto Micheletti will take part.

Micheletti, the parliamentary speaker, was named president after the military followed instructions from the Supreme Court and parliament and flew Zelaya to Costa Rica.

Many countries and international bodies have warned they would not recognize election results if the Honduran polls are held under the Micheletti presidency, but Micheletti maintains that Zelaya's removal was a constitutional transfer of power and not a coup.

Talks to end the crisis have so far failed even though the sides signed a U.S.-brokered accord, which envisions a congressional vote to reinstate Zelaya, who secretly returned to the country on September 21 and took refuge in the Brazilian Embassy.

BUENOS AIRES, November 18 (RIA Novosti)