Yesterday, Booker Rising mentioned the coup in Honduras over an illegal referendum. Well, Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti (pictured) defended the actions of Honduran military officials in booting President Manuel Zelaya from power. ''We can't allow that this government take us to communism or socialism,'' said he said.
President Zelaya was spirited out of his home yesterday at 5am by the military, which flew him to Costa Rica. He was replaced by Mr. Micheletti, the head of Congress. It was Central America's first coup since military officials forced President Jorge Serrano of Guatemala to step down in 1993 after he tried to dissolve Congress and suspend the constitution.
A leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, President Zelaya found himself increasingly isolated over a nonbinding referendum that was to take place Sunday. The attorney general and the Supreme Court declared the poll illegal, because it asked voters whether they wanted a constituent assembly to modify the constitution to allow the president to seek reelection. The constitution prohibits changes to some of its clauses, including those that deal with reelection.
''We are abiding by the Constitution of our country and that's why we have national support,'' President Micheletti said. However, international support has been slim. Costa Rica, where President Zelaya is in exile, denounced what it called a coup d'état. Cuba and Venezuela also criticized the Honduran military's actions. On Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama said he was ''deeply concerned'' and released a statement asking Honduran officials to "respect democratic norms, the rule of law and tenets of the Inter-American Democratic Charter.''
President Micheletti, a member of President Zelaya's party, refused to call it a coup. He said nations must accept the military's decision to defend Honduras' constitution.
Booker Rising response: I guess President Obama's "no meddling" ethic has been kicked to the curb. I'm just curious as to why U.S. President Obama thinks it's OK to "meddle" in this situation - boy, he sure hopped on this one - but not in Iran (mind you, I agreed with Barry not to meddle in Iran)? When even the Iranian government admitted to election irregularities? While I don't think Zelaya should've been ousted - he was democratically elected, and the Honduran Congress already had impeachment proceedings underway which should've been allowed to run whatever course - why is there no criticism from Barry regarding how Manny (1) went gangsta by pushing for the referendum when the Honduran Constitution is crystal clear that there can be no constitutional changes re: term limits; and (2) how Manny fired that army chief, because ol' boy refused to go against the Supreme Court ruling and press on with the referendum anyway?
Bookeristas respond: DarkKnight, a black conservative Republican, charges on Twitter that "Obama continues to be Chavez's spokesman in Honduras".
RoSiTa08, a black conservative Republican in New York: "Dear Obama you IMMEDIATELY back Zelaya BUT NOT the ppl being killed in Iran ...WTF!!! U NEED TO BE STOPPED!!!"
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