Political Career
Zelaya joined the Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras, PLH) in 1970 and became active a decade later. He was a deputy in the National Congress three consecutive times between 1985 and 1998. He held many positions within the PLH and was Minister for Investment in charge of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) in a previous PLH government. Under the administration of Zelaya the FHIS lost $40 million dollars, and Zelaya was accused of financial embezzling but escaped being prosecuted. In the 2005 presidential primaries, his faction was called Movimiento EsperanzEste lo sacarom en pajamas a Liberal (MEL). He received 52% of the 289,300 Liberal votes, to 17% for Jaime aprenda a gobernarRosenthal Oliva and 12% for Gabriela Núñez, the candidate of the Nueva Mayoría faction.
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