Dr. Shane Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 I don't know what their constitutional method is for removing a president is. In the US, ours is impeachment which is done complete by our Congress with the oversight of the chief justice of our Supreme Court. We saw this play out during the Clinton impeachment. In regard to Honduras, we know he was not supported by the nation's legislature or Supreme Court. He only had six months left in his term. Soon the people will have another election and choose a new president. I don't see what the big deal is about giving President Zelaya the boot a few months early is. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolaa Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 On the other hand, what is the big deal about letting him come back with the provision that he will not seek another term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Deposed Honduran leader prepares risky return Quote: Latin America expert Vicki Gass said that if Zelaya's opponents succeed in driving him from power, it could have a ripple effect in a region where left-leaning elected governments are challenging small classes of elites that have ruled many countries for decades. "Coups could then happen in Peru, where President (Alan) Garcia has a very low approval rating, or in Argentina or in Guatemala," said Gass, an analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America which promotes human rights and democracy. "Constitutional order and rule of law have to be restored." Zelaya said the mediation efforts, led by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, had failed after representatives of the interim government flatly rejected the possibility that he might return to the presidency. They say they cannot overturn a Supreme Court ruling forbidding Zelaya's reinstatement... Honduras' Supreme Court ordered Zelaya's arrest before the June 28 coup, ruling his effort to hold a referendum on whether to form a constitutional assembly was illegal. The military decided to send Zelaya into exile instead—a move that military lawyers themselves have called illegal but necessary... If he is arrested, Zelaya faces four charges of violating governmental order, treason and abusing and usurping power that could bring 43 years behind bars. Prosecutors say they are investigating a raft of other allegations ranging from misappropriation of public funds to drug smuggling—accusations Zelaya says are purely political. What am I missing? Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Oplinger Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 On the other hand, what is the big deal about letting him come back with the provision that he will not seek another term? The big deal is that he broke the Honduran law trying to circumvent the Honduran Congress and install himself as "President for life". Makes Nixon's Watergate look like a church picnic. Some of us should remember that crook, shouldn't we? Zelaya had no legal authority pursuiing the course of action that he did. He became a criminal in office by illegally setting up an unwanted election referendum (that only their Congress had the authority to set up) - and their Supreme Court order him removed. When he refused, the Honduran Congress had the army arrest him and take him out of office. It was later found that Zelaya's computers already had "certified referendum results" - and not a vote had been cast. And people say the man was unfairly taken out? Rubbish! It's all distorted in the state-run media today as a military coup against a lawful president. That the Honduran government stood up for the rule of law and their way of government should be applauded...but to listen to the drivel of the US media, one would never have known it happened that way. Now, let's flip this around. How many here would have believe it a good thing to have simply let Nixon "come back to office" after his crimes in Watergate? No big deal, right? No takers? Didn't think so. Perhaps Obama and his supporters are so crazed about this, because he can see his own future written there... Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolaa Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Or it could all be a setup by the minority elite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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