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Posted on 12/01/2009 3:06:00 PM PST by don-o
The people of Honduras made it clear on Sunday that they fully supported the electoral process that produced a presidential victory for Porfirio Lobo, the candidate of the opposition National Party.
The turnout of more than 60 percent signals that most Hondurans were unwilling to heed the call of ousted president Manuel Zelaya, who had called for a boycott of the process to strengthen his claim that the elections were not legitimate because he was improperly removed from power back in June.
In fact, the elections easily passed the most important test of all in any democracy by attracting popular support. That, along with an absence of reported irregularities at the polls and a generally peaceful atmosphere around the country, helps to make the case that the results of the election should be respected by other countries, even though Mr. Zelaya himself remains holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in an increasingly futile effort to win back his old job.
He has succeeded to the extent that Honduras has been something of an international pariah for the last few months, its de facto government recognized by few and its diplomatic and trade relations disrupted. It may well be that Hondurans are tired of all this and willing to overlook the bungled removal of Mr. Zelaya because they just want to get their country back to normal.
Yet it cannot be argued that the election was held under duress or that the outcome was manipulated. The interim government, which has the support of virtually all the major factions of Honduran society, including the major political parties, can now claim that it presided over a fair and credible election.
snip Meanwhile, the Obama administration needs to get its act together .... Its handling of the controversy left much to be desired.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
No press briefing from Foggy Bottom today.
Hmmmmm
I, for one, was ashamed for my country because of how the Obama administration responded to the situation in Honduras, especially when compared to their response to the rigged and fraudulent election in Iran.
and...AND...gentlemen, and ladies....NOTHING whatsoever came out on the Main Stream News Media outlets to let us know of a tiny small country in Central America that beat it´s odds of survival, fighting Obama and Chavez to survive their independence from BOTH. I think there should have been CHEERS:
Imagine how ashamed you are going to be after 9pm tonight when his honor “The One” uses a photo op with West Point cadets in the backround to tell the world we will increase troops in Afghanistan so that we can leave faster.
Thankyou for all the Honduras pings over the last months, don-o. It is SO heartening to see Honduras has continued their fight for democracy and are ready and able to move on, beyond Zelaya.
My pleasure to help keep the story before us.
Zelaya/Castro/Chavez lost out so Hussein failed.
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