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Zelaya of Honduras was Legally Removed

by 158 | July 29, 2009 at 10:40 am

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This was not a military coup.

The army was obeying a

legal order from the Honduras

supreme court to Arrest Zelaya

for violating the constitution in

trying to extend the term of the

Honduras constitution.

" • The constitution expressly states in Article 239 that any president who seeks to amend the constitution and extend his term is automatically disqualified and is no longer president. There is no express provision for an impeachment process in the Honduran constitution. But the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirmed that Mr. Zelaya was attempting to extend his term with his illegal referendum. Thus, at the time of his arrest he was no longer—as a matter of law, as far as the Supreme Court was concerned—president of Honduras. "

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Arbol

at 13:03 on July 29th, 2009

Oh god. Here we go again. Here, take a look. I'm gonna have to keep copy/pasting this until someone explains to me why nobody is making a deal out of this, but are backing an imposed government that is consistently violating human rights.