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Re: The coup in Honduras

plowout — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:06:11 GMT

The problem is that you can not put sitting presidents on trial in poor nations with weak institutions, especially a populist. He will take his personal guard, issue a call to arms for his core supporters (he had 30% approval), and invite Cuba and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Venezuela to help calm the situation. This so called coup is about as constitutional as they get. It was approved by both the supreme court and the congress.

Re: The coup in Honduras

Mangix — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:28:27 GMT

that part about Lenin's Proletarian Dictatorship sounds scary.

Re: how do you see the legality behind the coup in Honduras

Stranger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:20:57 GMT

This whole thing just shows you the state is lawless and an anarchy of the most powerful.

The coup in Honduras

gussosa — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:15:48 GMT

Apparently, the President first violated the Constitution by promoting a reform to allow the reelection. He said he was just consulting the people but it still sounds like promotion to me.

Both the Supreme Court and the Congress ordered him to stop, but he went forward anyway.

Previously, he also fired the Commander of the Armed Forces, then he received an order of the Supreme Court to put the guy back in his job, but the President refused to do so.

The thing is:

The Congress and the Supreme Court said, "Let's get rid of Zelaya", and ordered the Armed Forces to take the guy out of the country. That also violates the Constitution, because he wasn't taken to trial, and he was expelled of the country when that doesn't even exist as a sentence.

This is a nice summary of different articles in English

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/29/748040/-Updated:-You-are-wrong-about-Honduras.

More detailed information can be found in local newspapers in Spanish, in the internet OC.