[Peace-discuss] Honduran Coup Decree Shows "Justification" Was After the Fact

[Robert Naiman]

Supporters in the U.S. of the coup in Honduras have frequently made
two claims to justify it which are demonstrably false, which have
nonetheless been widely accepted in the U.S., because they have been
largely unchallenged in the U.S. media: the Honduran Congress
authorized Zelaya's removal, and the basis for that removal was
Article 239 of the Honduran Constitution, which forbids someone from
being President if he has already been President, and says that anyone
who advocates changing this provision will cease to be President.

The actual decree of the Honduran Congress is linked below. Note the following.

  1. the document never mentions Article 239.

  2. the document is dated "MIERCOLES 1 DE JULIO DEL 2009," i.e.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009, three days after the coup on Sunday, June 28.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/honduran-coup-decree-show_b_255600.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/8/10/764554/-Honduran-Coup-Decree-Shows-Justification-Was-After-the-Fact

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/289

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Robert Naiman
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