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Coup in Honduras 
Coup in Honduras
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Added: Jun 28 2009 In: news_politics
By: lelandshane
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Who cares...
Posted Jun-28-2009 by "USA1" (R)
hugo
Posted Jun-29-2009 by "dan_man_" (B)
Our Government cares, they aided in the coup, even though they won't ever acknowledge it
Posted Jun-29-2009 by "ogikehigh" (B)
I hope all LEFTIST get overthrown
Posted Jun-29-2009 by "WE ARE POWER" (R)
Me To
Posted Jun-29-2009 by "lelandshane" (R)
When you hear the mainstream TV, the newspapers, the president, Hillary, the UN strongly condeming "THE COUP" in Honduras and demanding the re-instatement of the ousted ruler .... remember this:
The progressive socialist Manuel Zelaya was bent on perpetuating his rule and increasing his power in defiance of the rule of law. The Honduran Constitution limits presidents to one four-year term, and this wasn't quite enough to satisfy Zelaya's ambitions. So he sought to amend the constitution, which may sound okay, except for one minor detail.
While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress.
But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela!
The Honduran Supreme Court ruled his referendum unconstitutional, and it instructed the military not to carry out the logistics of the vote as it normally would do.
The top military commander, Gen. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, told the president that he would have to comply. Mr. Zelaya promptly fired him. The Supreme Court ordered him reinstated. Mr. Zelaya refused.
. . . the president decided he would run the referendum himself. So on Thursday he led a mob that broke into the military installation where the ballots from Venezuela were being stored and then had his supporters distribute them in defiance of the Supreme Court's order.
The military then arrested him, acting under orders from legitimate civilian authorities (Supreme Court) and in defense of the rule of law.
The military confined itself to its prescribed police action and is not running the country. The new president is 63-year-old Roberto Micheletti, a member of Zelaya's own Liberal Party. Moreover, elections are still planned for this November.
Zelaya not only alienated the Congress, Supreme Court, the people and the attorney general -- who also declared the referendum illegal and vowed to prosecute anyone facilitating it -- he is also opposed by the Catholic Church and many evangelicals.
No one seems to like him. No one, that is, but Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega ... Oh, and let's not forget Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and of course, the U.N.
Posted Jul-1-2009 by "spadata" (R)
Note to self: Cancel the Honduras family trip.
Posted Jul-5-2009 by "jakubkrcma" (R)