Just curious why Zelaya got removed. I know so little about it. Was there some constitutional issue involved, ie. term limits of something similar? I realize that the he was removed by the military. In Turkey the military is viewed as the protector of the Constitution. That’s why I’m wondering if there was some legal/constitutional issue as to allowing Zelaya to remain in office.
Just curious, as I’m wondering what the nexus of this action was.
Honduran presidents can only serve one 4 year term. Zelaya wanted to change the constitution to allow himself another term. Virtually the entire Honduran congress voted against the measure so Zelaya wanted to do it by a referendum vote which is illegal under the existing constitution.
Zelaya decided to do it anyway and called Venezuela to conduct the election for him against all Honduran laws. The Honduran supreme court ruled it an illegal action and the military arrested him with all constitutional authority.
In my opinion, calling Venezuela in was an act of treason. This was no coup.