In June, the country's Congress and courts, alarmed by Zelaya's political shift into a close alliance with leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuba, backed the president's removal.
Forrester Forever
6 hours ago
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
McCarthyism motivates the Hondurans!
The AP (here)nicely slants this story against those supporting Rule of Law in Honduras with this nice characterization of what happened there . . . they were skeered of them Commies!!!
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It's worth noting that what the Honduran Congress and courts backed was the armed removal of the elected leader of their nation, followed by the suspension of civil liberties within the country.
Zelaya's own attempt to call for the redraft of Hounduras' constitution by plebiscite may very well have been illegal. But the folks who overthrew him and exiled him by force were hardly working within the bounds of the "Rule of Law."
Sorry for the delay in approving your comment, N.S.
No, I'd say that the "folks who overthrew Zelaya" were motivated by Rule of Law and were acting consistently within it. You use arms to enforce law sometimes, so that aspect of it does not make it per se illegal. You can arrest and even use arms against even elected leaders if necessary, so that aspect of it does not make it per se illegal. Suspension of civil liberties is not even per se counter to Rule of Law--it depends on the law at issue.
I just came across this article discussing the constitutional principles at issue in this case. It provides some insight, I think.
I guess the challenge here is viewing this nascent republic in proper context. I was just thinking that some on the Left would have stood with King George upon the American revolt, as long as they thought that King George was someone they "could work with."
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