Ousted Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya, will announce his future plans on January 27, his official spokesman Rasel Tome said on Sunday.

"President Zelaya will announce his decision to stay in Honduras to seek political asylum abroad on January 27. He is convinced that until this day he remains the acting head of state," he said.

Zelaya was ousted as president in a coup on June 28 and the presidency was taken over by parliament Speaker Roberto Micheletti. In September the ousted leader secretly returned to Honduras, and has been holed up in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa ever since.

Porfirio Lobo of the Honduran opposition National Party won elections in late November. He is to take office on January 27.

The de facto authorities said Zelaya could leave Honduras only to seek political asylum, while the ousted leader said he would leave the country only as the head of state.

MEXICO, January 17 (RIA Novosti)