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2009-07-16 Caribbean-Latin America

Honduran interim leader says open to resigning

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Posted by Steve White 2009-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Meh, it makes him look like an interim president, which he is. He probably wants to get back to the legislature. They *are* running new elections, yes?

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-16 11:12|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-16 11:12|| Front Page Top

#2 May not be as bad as it seems, which isn't all that bad at all.

Credit to POTUS here if he keeps his Chicago cool. Let the critics (us) keep on him about hugging Hugo, but if he simply does nothing while the Hondurans issue press releases, they get their election, their new president, and their goverment back in short order.

Let's hope this was orchestrated with our input. I suspect we'll see if and when and. most importantly, HOW, Zelaya's return is handled. Anything other than unending defiance and open insurrection will be a success.

Again, we're calling Hugo (and Castro's) bluff, which shouldn't be hard.

This could be a very nice, but very small, plus for the current administration. And a huge gain for Honduras.

Si se Pueda!

Posted by Phineth the Anonymous8743 2009-07-16 12:20|| 2009-07-16 12:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, he meant to do that.

Pffft.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-07-16 14:46|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-16 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The key to all of this is in the answers to two questions. Who installed him? Do they have the power to uninstall him? If he was installed by a constitutionally legal component of the government and they can discharge him then I'd say that Honduras is operating under law better than we are at the moment.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-07-16 14:49|| 2009-07-16 14:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Interim Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti was installed by the legislature and sworn in by the
Honduran Supreme Court.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-07-16 23:54|| 2009-07-16 23:54|| Front Page Top

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