Hondurans in a manifestation to defend their democracy. Photo; El tiempo, New OrleansEvery international news media, following CNN's lead, has spoken out in favor of Mel Zelaya, saying the Hondurean government has executed an illegal coup, and Zelaya should be re-instated. All these outlets seem to have forgotten that Zelaya broke the law by defying both the Hondurean National Congress and the Supreme Court, and that he planned to throw out the constitution in favor of a new socialist manifesto.
Every national, Hondurean news outlet has swung to the opposite extreme, saying that there has been no coup d'état, and everything that's happened in the past four months is "completely constitutional." It's true that Roberto Micheletti, as president of the National Congress, would succeed the president if, for some reason, the president couldn't fulfill his duties, but how justified were the Hondurean armed forces in using force to oust the president and effectively drop-kick him to Costa Rica? Why didn't they recognize that they were giving Zelaya a golden opportunity to form a dangerous alliance with Chavez and every other socialist leader in Latin America?
A bit of background:
President Zelaya was elected democratically in 2006. During the first two years of his presidency, he seemed to be keeping his promises to the Hondurean people. Then he started haging out with his new buddy Hugo and - surprise, - surprise - his ideology started to morph into something akin to socialism, diguised, of course, as democracy: as he dines it, "the rule of the people." Zelaya then decided, obviously at Chavez's urging that he needed to stay in power longer thatn his 4-year term allowed in order to bring his plans to completion. He decided to hold a vote for the "Cuarta Urna" in order to give the people the option of re-electing him next year - something strictly forbidden by the Honduran constitution. The tide of public opinion had already begun to turn against Zelaya when boxes of already-marked "YES" votes were found just days before the vote was scheduled to take place. Then the whole country seemed to turn against him. The whole country, that is, except the poor whose votes he'd bought.
On Saturday morning June 27, Zelaya held a teleconference with Chavez, in which Chavez congratulated him for pushing the Cuarta Urna and urged him to see it through to the end, "no matter what it takes!"
Thus, president Zelaya broke the law by defying both the Hondurean National Congress and the Supreme Court, and something needed to be done about it. Instead of arresting the president and trying him in an orderly manner, the Hondurean armed forces broke into his house early Sunday morning, moved him into a plane at gunpoint while still in his pijamas (as all of the left-wing news outlets love to point out) and dropped him off in Costa Rica. There, Mel garnered sympathy by appearing on international news-still in his pijamas, of course and explaining how he had been kidnapped in a most horrible and inhumane manner.
Meanwhile, the Hondurean National Congress, allegedly following the order of succession outlined in their constitution, swore in a new president, Roberto Micheletti, former president of the National Congress. The national (Hondurean) news outlets, after having been mysteriously cut off all morning, suddenly got back on the air and began airing pro-Micheletti propaganda.
Now the whole country's up against a wall, since both Zelaya and his opponets have acted shamefully and no one seems to have a comprehensive idea of things, Something needed to be done about Zelaya, that was certain - if no one would have acted out against him, no telling what would have happened on June 28. But why couldn't the legislative and judicial branches arrest and try the president in an orderly manner? Though they will never admit it, they did execute a coup, and such actions can in no way be called "democratic" Now, was that coup justified? That's the million dollar question....
The latest:
After meeting with Chavez ad other Latin American leaders in Nicaragua and in the United States, Zelaya managed to re-enter in Honduras on September 21. He returned surreptittiously and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, in order to avoid arrest by the government.
The next presidential elections are to be held this upcoming November 29 and we are praying that as the current and constitutional president Robert Micheletti, convokes them, the international comunity will recognize the results. We also hope that the international press stars to recognize what's really been going on there.
Every national, Hondurean news outlet has swung to the opposite extreme, saying that there has been no coup d'état, and everything that's happened in the past four months is "completely constitutional." It's true that Roberto Micheletti, as president of the National Congress, would succeed the president if, for some reason, the president couldn't fulfill his duties, but how justified were the Hondurean armed forces in using force to oust the president and effectively drop-kick him to Costa Rica? Why didn't they recognize that they were giving Zelaya a golden opportunity to form a dangerous alliance with Chavez and every other socialist leader in Latin America?
A bit of background:
President Zelaya was elected democratically in 2006. During the first two years of his presidency, he seemed to be keeping his promises to the Hondurean people. Then he started haging out with his new buddy Hugo and - surprise, - surprise - his ideology started to morph into something akin to socialism, diguised, of course, as democracy: as he dines it, "the rule of the people." Zelaya then decided, obviously at Chavez's urging that he needed to stay in power longer thatn his 4-year term allowed in order to bring his plans to completion. He decided to hold a vote for the "Cuarta Urna" in order to give the people the option of re-electing him next year - something strictly forbidden by the Honduran constitution. The tide of public opinion had already begun to turn against Zelaya when boxes of already-marked "YES" votes were found just days before the vote was scheduled to take place. Then the whole country seemed to turn against him. The whole country, that is, except the poor whose votes he'd bought.
On Saturday morning June 27, Zelaya held a teleconference with Chavez, in which Chavez congratulated him for pushing the Cuarta Urna and urged him to see it through to the end, "no matter what it takes!"
Thus, president Zelaya broke the law by defying both the Hondurean National Congress and the Supreme Court, and something needed to be done about it. Instead of arresting the president and trying him in an orderly manner, the Hondurean armed forces broke into his house early Sunday morning, moved him into a plane at gunpoint while still in his pijamas (as all of the left-wing news outlets love to point out) and dropped him off in Costa Rica. There, Mel garnered sympathy by appearing on international news-still in his pijamas, of course and explaining how he had been kidnapped in a most horrible and inhumane manner.
Meanwhile, the Hondurean National Congress, allegedly following the order of succession outlined in their constitution, swore in a new president, Roberto Micheletti, former president of the National Congress. The national (Hondurean) news outlets, after having been mysteriously cut off all morning, suddenly got back on the air and began airing pro-Micheletti propaganda.
Now the whole country's up against a wall, since both Zelaya and his opponets have acted shamefully and no one seems to have a comprehensive idea of things, Something needed to be done about Zelaya, that was certain - if no one would have acted out against him, no telling what would have happened on June 28. But why couldn't the legislative and judicial branches arrest and try the president in an orderly manner? Though they will never admit it, they did execute a coup, and such actions can in no way be called "democratic" Now, was that coup justified? That's the million dollar question....
The latest:
After meeting with Chavez ad other Latin American leaders in Nicaragua and in the United States, Zelaya managed to re-enter in Honduras on September 21. He returned surreptittiously and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, in order to avoid arrest by the government.
The next presidential elections are to be held this upcoming November 29 and we are praying that as the current and constitutional president Robert Micheletti, convokes them, the international comunity will recognize the results. We also hope that the international press stars to recognize what's really been going on there.
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