Comments on: Honduran “Coup”: Blame Zelaya, Not Congress http://www.frumforum.com/honduran-coup-blame-zelaya-not-congress Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SFTor1 http://www.frumforum.com/honduran-coup-blame-zelaya-not-congress/comment-page-1#comment-65813 SFTor1 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:55:40 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=12739#comment-65813 I just listened to a rather lengthy report on Honduras and the ouster of Manuel Zelaya. Here are some issues: It is a little hard to understand how The Congressional Research Service can talk about the process being in accordance with the Honduran legal system when the guy was picked up in his jammies at his home to be put straight on a plane. Doesn't sound very legal to me. It doesn't help that this was carried out by two military officers who are graduates of the School Of The Americas. How can we not call this a coup, when that is exactly what it was? I just listened to a rather lengthy report on Honduras and the ouster of Manuel Zelaya.

Here are some issues:

It is a little hard to understand how The Congressional Research Service can talk about the process being in accordance with the Honduran legal system when the guy was picked up in his jammies at his home to be put straight on a plane. Doesn’t sound very legal to me. It doesn’t help that this was carried out by two military officers who are graduates of the School Of The Americas.

How can we not call this a coup, when that is exactly what it was?

]]> By: Churl http://www.frumforum.com/honduran-coup-blame-zelaya-not-congress/comment-page-1#comment-65692 Churl Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:17:06 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=12739#comment-65692 Check this out, if you haven't already. http://www.miamiherald.com/honduras/story/1248828.html Check this out, if you haven’t already.

http://www.miamiherald.com/honduras/story/1248828.html

]]> By: hectorlca http://www.frumforum.com/honduran-coup-blame-zelaya-not-congress/comment-page-1#comment-65605 hectorlca Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:38:02 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=12739#comment-65605 Excellent piece. I would also like to point out the discrepancy within the US position. The State Department has apparently ignored in its entirety the legal analysis presented by the Congressional Research Service on the Constitutional aspects of Zelaya's deposition... A quote from the report: "Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the Honduran legal system." Excellent piece. I would also like to point out the discrepancy within the US position. The State Department has apparently ignored in its entirety the legal analysis presented by the Congressional Research Service on the Constitutional aspects of Zelaya’s deposition…

A quote from the report:

“Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional
and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the
Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the
Honduran legal system.”

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