Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has described a deal with the interim government to resolve the political crisis in the Latin American country as "dead."

Zelaya made the remark in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, after the de facto President Roberto Micheletti said that he was forming a "unity government" without inviting Zelaya's representatives into the power-sharing deal.

Micheletti acted as a November 5 deadline for putting a power-sharing agreement into effect passed.

Since June 28, when Zelaya was forced out of Honduras, the country has been shaken by a political turmoil.

The two rivals agreed to a US-backed power-sharing deal last week, with a deadline for it to be implemented by Thursday midnight (0600 GMT Friday).

On Thursday, Zelaya warned that he would withdraw from the deal unless Congress held a vote on his restoration to power.

He has said elections slated for November 29 will not be valid unless he is restored to power first, though the agreement did not guarantee the ousted leader's restitution.

An aide to the ousted president also confirmed the failure of a deal designed to end the country's political crisis, after interim leader Roberto Micheletti announced formation of a new cabinet.

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