Zelaya’s expulsion illegal, says Obama
August 11th, 2009 - 4:05 am ICT by IANS ( 1 comment )
Guadalajara (Mexico), Aug 11 (Xinhua) US President Barack Obama has said the expulsion of Honduran president from office was illegal.
Obama made the remarks at a press conference after the two-day Fifth North American Leaders’ Summit that ended here in western Mexico Monday.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his country would continue to push for restoration of the democratically elected Honduras President Manuel Zelaya.
Zelaya earlier said the US pressure on the post-coup government has been “lukewarm”.
“It is not about Zelaya per se. It is about defending the rights of Honduras’ people,” Calderon said at the conference.
He added that the Organisation of American States should make efforts to bring an end to the crisis in Honduras that started after soldiers forced Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica June 28.
Calderon said he supported Costa Rican President Oscar Arias’ scheme for restoration of Zelaya that seeks to end the crisis by returning Zelaya to office with limited powers and an amnesty for those who carried out the coup.
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who also attended the summit, said he supported the “rule of law and democratic government in Honduras”.
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August 12th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Obama is just plain Wrong: A Citizen’s View. He is guilty of meddling in other
countries affairs and being “stupidly” uninformed.
It was interesting to see the reaction to Heads of State of the countries around the world when the
corrupt President, supported by illegal drugs from Hugo Chaves, was Legally removed from office
according to the Honduran Constitution. Again, the President of the United States has spoken without
understanding the facts as he has done quite frequently. President Obama has again stated that the
removal of Zelaya was illegal. Not quite so.
The President, Manuel Zelaya, was removed and replaced by the President of the congress in accordance
with the Honduran Constitution. President Obama might well be advised to read articles 42, 239, 244,
272, 278, 373, 374 of the Honduran Constitution.
Using his own words, he once again has acted “STUPIDLY”, without knowing the facts. Not only was
the removal justified, but done in strict accord to the Honduran Constitution. Zelaya, in effect, removed
himself from office by his illegal, unconstitutional actions and lost his rights as a citizen, and therefore
lost his eligibility to be President. (HMMM: READ THE BILL (Constitution) MR PRESIDENT!)
“The rights of any citizen is lost if the citizen incites, promotes, or supports the continuance or re-election
of the president of the Republic.” Article 42. (Note: They have a one-term restriction as constitutional law)
The obvious reason this is so upsetting to the Heads of State like President Obama is that he, too, on
examination of his statements and actions has, in my opinion, usurped his constitutional authority, has
violated his oath of office both as a U.S. Senator and as President to uphold and defend the constitution,
and has infringed on the Peoples and States rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. So, it is easy to
understand his view.
What the President doesn’t understand, the US military are under an oath to defend the constitution, they are
not under oath to defend the President. If our Congress had the “balls” that the Honduran Congress had, we
probably would have impeached more than just two presidents in our history.
If we had a congress that represented the people rather that name calling and labeling the people
“un-American” we would be impeaching President Obama, Our “Bill of Rights” has and is being trampled.
The problem is that many or most of congressmen on both sides of the isle are equally guilty.
So it appears that Honduras is more of a ‘republic’ and a ‘democracy’ than the United States.