[Peace-discuss] State Department Terminates Aid to Honduras Coup Regime

[Robert Naiman]

The Honduran Congress never "impeached" President Zelaya. There is no
impeachment provision in the Honduran Constitution.

The top legal adviser to the Honduran military admitted that the
Honduran military broke the law:

http://www.miamiherald.com/1506/story/1125872.html

Do you have a link to that BBC story?


On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:49 AM, E. Wayne Johnson<ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:
> The BBC reports:
>
> Tension had been brewing in Honduras over recent months. Mr Zelaya sacked
> the head of the armed forces, who refused to give logistical support for the
> 28 June vote. The Supreme Court overruled him, saying the army chief should
> be reinstated.
>
> When Mr Zelaya insisted the consultation would go ahead, Congress voted to
> remove him for what it called "repeated violations of the constitution and
> the law", and the Supreme Court said it had ordered the president to be
> removed from office to protect law and order.
>
> Since Honduras's own Congress has IMPEACHED and voted to Remove Zelaya, and
> the
> Honduras's own Supreme Court has ordered Zelaya's removal, How is it that
> Anyone could
> say that his removal is Illegal, since it would appear that Due Process and
> the Rule of Law is
> being followed?
>
> On 9/4/2009 7:36 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>
> Of course I am pleased that the US is terminating its "aid" to Honduras.
> Honduras
> should be glad too.  Amerika's jelly beans have fishhooks in them.
>
> What business does the United States have interfering with the conduct of
> government in Honduras,
> a sovereign state?
>
> The American battle for independence from the bloody British was an illegal
> coup.
> We have a military base in Honduras.
> Why shouldn't they throw us out of there if they could?
>
> How is our meddling with Honduras not an act of aggression against a weak
> sovereign nation?
> How is it any different from what we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan?
>
> It appears that the initiating spark in Honduras is an insistance on
> violation of term limits by the now-ousted President.
> What is it that we like about that?
>
> Is the US on the wrong side of the fight?  (once again?)
>
>
> On 9/4/2009 7:04 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>
> I think Jenifer meant to say, "stopped short of calling it a military coup."
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:23 AM, John W.<jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Stopped short of calling it a coup, but better than hoped for, huh?
>  --Jenifer
>
>
> Huh?????
>
>
> U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
> Office of the Spokesman
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> September 3, 2009
> 2009/869
>
>
> STATEMENT BY IAN KELLY
>
> Termination of Assistance and Other Measures Affecting the De Facto
> Regime in Honduras
>
> The Department of State announces the termination of a broad range of
> assistance to the government of Honduras as a result of the coup
> d’etat that took place on June 28.  The Secretary already had
> suspended assistance shortly after the coup.
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