aggienaut | 28 of 30 - Honduran Presidency (Reply)

   So, apparently, the president of Honduras has been removed. He wanted to hold a referendum on changing the constitution so he could run for another term, but not only does the constitution say he can't have another term, it also says that he can't CHANGE that clause. So the Supreme Court told him he couldn't do that, and the congress told him he couldn't do that, and the military told him he couldn't do that (so he fired the chief of the military, but the Supreme Court reinstated him) ... but he wanted to go ahead with it anyway.

   So the Supreme Court authorized the military to remove him and drop him off in Costa Rica. And then following the established rules of succession the head of his party in congress was sworn in (the VP had apparently resigned in 2008).

   At least Hugo Chavez says he'll still be his buddy, lol.

   So... I'm not sure this is even a coup d'etat, if all three branches of government worked together on it and the Supreme Court of their country thinks it's the way to go. Thoughts?

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   Also, compare this to 2005 when the Bolivian congress REJECTED the resignation of the then-President. If I recall correctly the President resigned and so did the VP and the head of congress flatly refused to take the position so the chief justice became the acting president. Silly!