Wonder if Obama will keep as hands off here as he has in Iran:
Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya said he awoke to gunfire in his home and was still in his pajamas when the military forced him to leave the country Sunday.
Zelaya, a leftist elected in 2005, had found himself recently pitted against other branches of government and military leaders over a referendum planned for Sunday that could have allowed the president to run for another term.
Honduras’ Supreme Court ruled the referendum illegal, and the military and Congress agreed.
Despite the military and Congress’ position, Zelaya pressed forward, vowing last week that he would push for the referendum. His four-year term ends in January 2010, and under current law he cannot run for re-election.
Obviously a very confused situation – as a general rule, we should back the legitimately elected President…on the other hand, the legitimately elected Legislature and properly established judiciary are saying that the President is breaking the law. Now the military has broken the law by removing the President. So, what to do?
Tread very carefully but let everyone know that maintenance of normal relations will require a very swift restoration of completely democratic governance in Honduras – no junta, no dictator. No going slow on democracy in the name of “stability”.
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