[HonCitizen]

technically, you’re correct. he should not be a citizen

[normanpubbie]

Actually, two steps have to happen before Zelaya loses his citizenship, and neither happened in this case.

In order to revoke the citizenship per Article 42, paragraph 5 of the Constitution, a court must first rule that his citizenship is to be revoked. Second, the government (presumably the Legislative branch since he is President) must formally remove his citizenship after the court finding.

No one can automatically lose citizenship in Honduras. Period.

Furthermore, Article 42 was not cited by the Supreme Judicial Court and it was not cited by the National Congress. In addition, by my count, Zelaya was referred to as "citizen Zelaya" over thirty times in the arrest warrants plus the resolution that the National Congress passed after Zelaya had been deported to Costa Rica.

This is why the CRS study referred to in this post said that he was removed in violation of Article 102, which states:

No Honduran citizen may be deported, nor may any be turned over to foreign authorities.

[FreeStateYank]

Odd then, the report missed that. Know you suspected a trick of some sort. Maybe amnesty is the camels nose in the tent. Permitting him to campaign for another candidate would be an invitation to incite violence.