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7 Responses to “Zelaya’s removal was Constitutional”

1. Tom says:

   October 14, 2009 at 12:48 pm

   Here is a comment from La Gringa’s blog:

   I would love for this to be true. Can anyone confirm this? I see nothing on the UN web site confirming this. Also, this publication has reported other things previously that appear to have not panned out. Although dialogue and negotiations are still under way, so it is possible that previous prognostication in this media outlet could still play out.

   October 14, 2009 7:56 AM
2. Don Ray says:

   October 14, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   Hi Tom. You are correct. I miss read the fausts post. He merely said that the UN’s website had been updated last in September. I guess his was wanting to imply that we need to watch the UNs site for its next update.
3. Tom says:

   October 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm

   A big problem for all concerned is trying to make sense out of Honduran politics. It is difficult enough to do that with politics in the United States; frequently you hear layman talking about what is or is not constitutional. Chief Justice John Marshall said, “The Constitution is what we say it is.” And that has been true for nearly 200 years. I searched for a UN report and could not find it, but the following is from the UN dated Oct 2:

   Skyline of the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa
   2 October 2009 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding the freedom of expression today led a chorus of UN voices expressing concern over the suppression of civil liberties in Honduras following a coup d’état in the Central American country in June.
   Since the return of ousted President José Manuel Zelaya to Honduras on 21 September, authorities have declared a state of emergency, suspending freedom of opinion and expression, movement and association.

   “I am deeply concerned about the situation in Honduras,” said UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura.

   “Freedom of expression is a particularly important human right that must be preserved if a durable solution, acceptable to all, is to be found to the crisis,” stressed Mr. Matsuura.

   The authorities who took power in June have issued a decree sanctioning the suspension of any media outlet that “attacks peace or public order,” or that broadcasts messages that “offend human dignity, officials, threatens the law or government resolutions” after Mr. Zelaya returned to Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, and sought shelter in the Brazilian embassy.
4. Linda Card says:

   October 14, 2009 at 2:37 pm

   For much more information about what has happened, and is happening in Honduras, I refer you to the website http://www.upsidedownworld.org. Whether the coup was constitutional or not, what’s happening there now is horrendous and inexcusable.
5. Don Ray says:

   October 14, 2009 at 3:53 pm

   Tom & Linda. Thanks for commenting.
6. John says:

   October 15, 2009 at 9:14 am

   Besides following Sen. DeMint another one who is helpful is Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FLA-18th) . She made a recent trip to Honduras. She is sponsoring H. Res. 749 which has to do with the upcoming election.

   It appears some, including Foggy Bottom, do not plan to recognize the results of the November election. La Gringa wrote an article about the election. She wrote that the primaries and campaign were under way before the removal of Zelaya on June 28th.

   Canada said they will not recognize. Juan Carlos Varela, Panama’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated Panama would recognize as long as the elections were fair and transparent.

   I use govtrack.us to research Congress…members. Bills, etc.

   The way I see it the coup was started by Zelaya. His ouster on June 28th was the result of Zelaya trying to make himself president for life.
7. Don Ray says:

   October 15, 2009 at 11:00 am

   Hi John. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.