Posted on 10/28/2009 6:44:02 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
According to a Gallup poll released yesterday, a large majority of Hondurans see the presidential elections scheduled for November 29th as the way to resolve the impasse over the restitution of Manuel Zelaya to the post. According to an Associated Press report, the poll found that 72% of Hondurans see the upcoming elections as the way out of the crisis, prompted when the countrys Supreme Court and National Congress removed Zelaya from the presidency over his violations of the nations constitution. According to Gallup, neither Zelaya, nor his congressionally appointed interim successor Roberto Micheletti are seen by a majority of Hondurans as the countrys true president. A significant number of those polled responded that neither of them is. This result is consistent with the expressed desire of Hondurans to resolve the crisis through the scheduled elections barely a month away.
In response to the need for fair, free and transparent elections to be held, President Micheletti argued yesterday that any further discussions between the opposing sides in the crisis must be postponed until after the elections take place.
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The elections should solve the dispute. The problem is our leadership (sort of) is not interested in a representative government for Honduras that is not Leftist.
I hope the Hondurans will consider a death penalty clause for any president who ever thinks about making himself dictator.
Zelaya’s term is ending, lets hope the US and world come to their senses and recognize the new election.
I am for Zelaya being tried for his crimes soon after the election.
It was probably his supporters who murdered Micheletti’s nephew and killed Colonel Concepcion Jimenez. Probably the same people kidnapped Alfredo Jalil.
At some point revenge will be rendered.
My only desire is for the strong free people of Honduras to remain Strong and Free.
Perhaps Zeyla should have simply been executed... it would have solved a lot of problems.
I am excited about the election. It should end all of the posturing in our country by politicians who want to meddle in Honduran affairs.
Senor Z. will remain as much a nut after the elections as before.
Sometimes being as civilized and law abiding as the Hondurans is not the easiest path.
>>Perhaps Zelaya should have simply been executed... it would have solved a lot of problems.
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>Sometimes being as civilized and law abiding as the Hondurans is not the easiest path.
The former president was (and is) NOT law-abiding; his attempt to overthrow the government in-place may well-be called treason... it was, once, quite common to hang traitors.
He certainly wasn't, and those who removed him were and are.
I don't know whether Honduras' laws call for hanging traitors or not. Whatever it is, it's their country and their laws. I would assume if the law said to execute him they would have followed the law.
>Whatever it is, it’s their country and their laws. I would assume if the law said to execute him they would have followed the law.
There’s a difference in law saying a punishment MAY be punishable with such and such and MUST be punished with such and such.
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