Military dictatorship in Honduras coming to an end; democracy restored

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Ah, a solution to a problem that makes absolutely no one happy.


http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/10/30/93712/116#18

Zelaya To Be Returned To Honduran Presidency


By Big Tent Democrat, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 08:37:12 AM EST
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Good news:
The government of Roberto Micheletti, which had refused to let Mr. Zelaya return, signed an agreement with Mr. Zelaya’s negotiators late Thursday that would pave the way for the Honduran Congress to restore the ousted president and allow him to serve out the remaining three months of his term. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed on Friday that Mr. Zelaya and Mr. Micheletti had approved what she called “an historic agreement.”​
Good. The principle is important and must be upheld. He gets to serve his last 2 months in office. A new President is elected on November 29. And this is all over in January 2010. In a way, this is a perfect ending to this story.
Speaking for me only
 
The Socialist parties in Honduras are getting a huge boon off of this whole affair. The National and Liberal parties are splitting the vote with each other and the next president may very well be a Zelaya supporter.
 
I keep hearing on here how we should keep our noses out of other countries businesses..

it seems this administration likes to intervene when it's for the side of tyrants and up and coming dictators...

why is that?
 
I find it interesting that the GAO found the determination that the honduran congress found zelaya guilty of violating the honduran constitution and that this was proper and legal to remove his power and that two democrats are trying to get them to remove that report from the history.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
I find it interesting that the GAO found the determination that the honduran congress found zelaya guilty of violating the honduran constitution and that this was proper and legal to remove his power and that two democrats are trying to get them to remove that report from the history.
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It's been widly reported that Zelaya was attempting to rewrite the constitution to let him run again; however, in actuality that was never part of the deal. The proposed referendum would have convened a constitutional assembly to draft a new constitution if it passed, but he never requested they remove the one-term provision, and since the referendum would have taken place one day before the election Zelaya would already be out of office before any new constitution was in place.
 
Originally Posted by SmarterThanYou
I find it interesting that the GAO found the determination that the honduran congress found zelaya guilty of violating the honduran constitution and that this was proper and legal to remove his power and that two democrats are trying to get them to remove that report from the history.
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Watermark said:
It's been widly reported that Zelaya was attempting to rewrite the constitution to let him run again; however, in actuality that was never part of the deal. The proposed referendum would have convened a constitutional assembly to draft a new constitution if it passed, but he never requested they remove the one-term provision, and since the referendum would have taken place one day before the election Zelaya would already be out of office before any new constitution was in place.
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Interesting.
 
Watermark said:
It's been widly reported that Zelaya was attempting to rewrite the constitution to let him run again; however, in actuality that was never part of the deal. The proposed referendum would have convened a constitutional assembly to draft a new constitution if it passed, but he never requested they remove the one-term provision, and since the referendum would have taken place one day before the election Zelaya would already be out of office before any new constitution was in place.
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that proposed referendum was outside of the time period provided for by the honduran constitution. something that zelaya attempted to violate. therefore, he was rightfully removed from office.
 
A referendum can never be unconstitutional. Thankfully the military dictatorship has come to an end; the people are back in power, and we will hopefully see the man who replaced the rightful president drug into the streets and shot like the traitor he is.
 
Watermark said:
A referendum can never be unconstitutional. Thankfully the military dictatorship has come to an end; the people are back in power, and we will hopefully see the man who replaced the rightful president drug into the streets and shot like the traitor he is.
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evince is back....you can stop trolling for the left now
 
Watermark said:
A referendum can never be unconstitutional. Thankfully the military dictatorship has come to an end; the people are back in power, and we will hopefully see the man who replaced the rightful president drug into the streets and shot like the traitor he is.
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Nor is there a time frame for a referendum...at least none that I know of. Well, supposedly a compromise has been reached...we'll see what shakes out.
 
Watermark said:
A referendum can never be unconstitutional. Thankfully the military dictatorship has come to an end; the people are back in power, and we will hopefully see the man who replaced the rightful president drug into the streets and shot like the traitor he is.
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This is just ignorant.

If there is a proscribed method to create referendums that specifically states how and when they can be done, then if you are outside that proscribed method, either in the how or in the time, it would be "unconstitutional"...
 
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