An Interesting Blueprint...
I'm finding this Honduras situation interesting.
Mr. Zelaya, an ally of Venezuela's populist President Hugo Chavez, has been locked in an increasingly bitter battle with the rest of Honduras's political establishment, including members of his own party, over the president's plans to hold a referendum to scrap the constitution and potentially allow re-election, something currently barred under Honduran law.
Honduran SC and Honduras Congress tell the president something he is doing is illegal and unconstitutional.
Honduran president continues along anyway.
Honduran SC orders the military to throw him out of the country
Honduran Congress appoints a temp president until elections in November.
Obama joins Chavez and all the other leftists in support of ousted Honduran president.
That's a nice blueprint. Does our military have one way flights to Venezuela?
the Honduran Constitution:
Title VII, with two chapters, outlines the process of amending the constitution and sets forth the principle of constitutional inviolability. The constitution may be amended by the National Congress after a two-thirds vote of all its members in two consecutive regular annual sessions.
That is what Zelaya tried to bypass.
From Donald Sensing...
What people here don't understand is that the Honduran constitution specifies clear roles for the military in maintaining constitutional order and rule of law, including the administration of national balloting and enforcement of the strict provision of a single term for the president.
Constitutionally, the military had no choice but to refuse to administer the illegal referendum. Zelaya ordered the chief of the general staff to hold the referendum. He refused. Zelaya fired him, which was immediately ruled illegal by the supreme court. Zelaya refused to reinstate the general. Then the heads of the services promptly resigned in protest.
Last Thursday, Zelaya personally led a mob to the warehouse where the Venezuelan-supplied ballots were stored by the army. Taking them by force, Zelaya had his minions distribute them to polling places - also unconstitutional since only the military can administer polling.
Realizing a clear crisis was upon them, the court nullified Zelaya's office, as authorized by the constitution, and with the support of the entire government directed the army to remove Zelaya from office.
It has been entirely overlooked that the constitution requires the military to enforce the single-term law of the presidency.
The Honduran military has since the 1840s (just after the country's independence from Spain) been charged with enforcing civil law and order. In this sense the military forms the equivalent of the US Marshall Service and Honduran battalion commanders serve not only as strictly military commanders but as sheriffs of their districts.
Mr. Zelaya, an ally of Venezuela's populist President Hugo Chavez, has been locked in an increasingly bitter battle with the rest of Honduras's political establishment, including members of his own party, over the president's plans to hold a referendum to scrap the constitution and potentially allow re-election, something currently barred under Honduran law.
Honduran SC and Honduras Congress tell the president something he is doing is illegal and unconstitutional.
Honduran president continues along anyway.
Honduran SC orders the military to throw him out of the country
Honduran Congress appoints a temp president until elections in November.
Obama joins Chavez and all the other leftists in support of ousted Honduran president.
That's a nice blueprint. Does our military have one way flights to Venezuela?
the Honduran Constitution:
Title VII, with two chapters, outlines the process of amending the constitution and sets forth the principle of constitutional inviolability. The constitution may be amended by the National Congress after a two-thirds vote of all its members in two consecutive regular annual sessions.
That is what Zelaya tried to bypass.
From Donald Sensing...
What people here don't understand is that the Honduran constitution specifies clear roles for the military in maintaining constitutional order and rule of law, including the administration of national balloting and enforcement of the strict provision of a single term for the president.
Constitutionally, the military had no choice but to refuse to administer the illegal referendum. Zelaya ordered the chief of the general staff to hold the referendum. He refused. Zelaya fired him, which was immediately ruled illegal by the supreme court. Zelaya refused to reinstate the general. Then the heads of the services promptly resigned in protest.
Last Thursday, Zelaya personally led a mob to the warehouse where the Venezuelan-supplied ballots were stored by the army. Taking them by force, Zelaya had his minions distribute them to polling places - also unconstitutional since only the military can administer polling.
Realizing a clear crisis was upon them, the court nullified Zelaya's office, as authorized by the constitution, and with the support of the entire government directed the army to remove Zelaya from office.
It has been entirely overlooked that the constitution requires the military to enforce the single-term law of the presidency.
The Honduran military has since the 1840s (just after the country's independence from Spain) been charged with enforcing civil law and order. In this sense the military forms the equivalent of the US Marshall Service and Honduran battalion commanders serve not only as strictly military commanders but as sheriffs of their districts.
This administration is a dangerous embarrassment.
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