Posted on 06/28/2009 3:58:02 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
"Today's events originate from a court order by a competent judge. The armed forces, in charge of supporting the constitution, acted to defend the state of law and have been forced to apply legal dispositions against those who have expressed themselves publicly and acted against the dispositions of the basic law," the country's highest court said.
A state department official said Mr Zelaya was the only consitutional president of Hondura and that the Obama administration recognised no other.
Barack Obama, US President, said he was "deeply concerned" by the president's arrest.
Political tensions have risen sharply in recent days ahead of today's planned referendum. The vote was scheduled to determine if Mr Zelaya would be allowed to stand for re-election, but it was opposed by the army, which refused to distribute ballot boxes.
Mr Zelaya as a result sacked General Romeo Vasquez, the head of the armed forces, and also accepted the resignation of Edmundo Orellana, the defence minister. The heads of the army, marines and air force also resigned. The Supreme Court declared the referendum illegal, but Mr Zelaya decided to go ahead.
Mr Zelaya has increasingly been moving his poor country of seven million people towards Mr Chavez, a persistent and controversial critic of the US who has been seizing foreign assets as part of a large nationalisation programme.
The Honduran armed forces have however had historic links with the US, dating back to the Contras, the armed groups that were backed by the Central Intelligence Agency to topple the Left-wing Sandinista regime of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. Mr Ortega is once again president of Honduras's neighbour. The army has a long history of involvement in politics and governed Honduras from 1956 to 1982.
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What will our Lawyer-in-Chief say?
Poor ZERO is on the wrong side of another one siding with the friend of Chavez against the citizens of Honduras. Sure glad he wasn’t around during the Revolutionary War.
He loves to side with the Communist against freedom loving people.
This better start waking some people up as to the type of person in the WH — hates our allies and loves our enemies.
HAHA!!!!!!!!! SCREW ZERO!!!
Cool! I have a fantasy of it happening here following discovery of burf records....
Here, the Army has the backing of the Judiciary ~ which means this is all legal, the State Department is wrong, and Goober is no longer welcome in Honduras.
Now it’s time for our courts to as decisively on zero’s questionable birthing paperwork.
Exactly!
I cannot believe both the State Dept and O’bammy were stupid enuf to issue that statement. Talk about setting the stage for a violent civil war in Honduras.
The blood of those people are on his hands.
“The Supreme Court has made it’s decision! Now lets see them enforce it!”-——Andrew Jackson
I bet he is.
I believe it was “how many divisions does the Pope have”, and I’m not sure who its attributed to but I think its Hitler. Possibly Stalin
Barry is in understanding overload.
In other words, he fails in understanding Latin American constituitional law about as badly as he does in understanding US Constitutional law. Say what professor?
The HNIC, said he was “deeply concerned” by the president’s arrest
As well he should be! Once that bell tolls, it may soon toll for thee.
I fear that when our time comes SCOTUS will be so packed with lefties that they will do nothing to stop it.
Even the blatant attempt by Gore and FLOTUS to steal the 2000 election was only narrowly averted.
Stalin said "How many divisions does the Pope have?"
President Andrew Jackson said something to the effect that "the Supreme Court has decided on the law. Now let them enforce it."
The American army will not be tread upon either.
Rush, Beck and Krauthammer are going to give to Barack ‘I never met a Dictator I didn’t. Like’ Obama. Beck called Cap and Trade “treasonous”. We need an American Churchill against Obama.
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