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Honduran Troops Detain Journalists

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Occasional Reader6/30/2009 10:43:32 am PDT

So, on the one hand:

-Zelaya himself had engaged in behavior that had been deemed unconstitutional (referendum, firing army chief), and had ignore the supreme court.

-Supreme court says they gave the order to the army to arrest him.

-Congress has sworn in a new president

On the other hand:

-From my quick perusal of the Honduran constitution, the supreme court has no authority to give orders to the army.

-The congress could have impeached him… instead, first they (or the army and/or the court) arrested and expelled him, then sorta kinda impeached him, in a way.

A mess all around.