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OAS: Zelaya Return Not Negotiable

Thursday July 2, 2009
The Organization of American States ignored allegations of drug running and insisted on the unconditional return of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power. Last week, as Zelaya prepared a referendum declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, he was captured by armed gunmen and whisked away to Costa Rica. Zelaya calls it a coup: the Honduras Congress insists it has his resignation. Today, the OAS sent a strong message, saying it will sanction Honduras if the unpopular Zelaya is not restored. Meanwhile, in Honduras, the authorities are claiming that Zelaya was heavily involved in drug running from South America to the United States. The United States DEA refused to comment.

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July 22, 2009 at 6:37 pm
(1) Kathleen Moore, Canada says:

The Zelaya ouster was NOT a “military” coup. It was the removal of a constitutional usurper by lawful judicial authority.

The Zelaya movement relies on naive, unsophisticated individuals with no knowledge of Constitutional law and of how it functions. And that is particularly true of the so-called “journalists” pretending to cover it.

The Supreme Court of Honduras was bound by law to protect the Constitution, it did the RIGHT thing. The world press and media, and the UN and its lackeys, are misrepresenting domestic Constitutional fact and law in attacking Honduras.

For more detail on the constitutional law involved, read this blog:

http://honduras-not-a-military-coup.blogspot.com/

Kathleen Moore
Montreal, Canada
MY VIDEOS: http://hccvideocatalog.blogspot.com/

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