Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net
The OAS, the EU and the US have said they will not recognize the presidential elections scheduled for November in Honduras, unless Zelaya is put back in office. Assuming a posture that will try to ignore the Honduran popular sovereignty, and hamper the only reasonable solution to the political crisis in that country.
If the international community does not recognize the upcoming elections it will try to illegitimate the Honduran popular sovereignty, because it will ignores the vote that people will cast on election day. Ironically, doing the same thing that Michelleti is accused of doing.
Besides, that position will put obstacles to the most rational way out to the crisis, as apart from elections, the other option is to return Zelaya to power, as the OAS claims. But this scenario would not satisfy neither Honduras' legislative and judicial powers, nor the large portion of Hondurans who accuse Zelaya of violating the Constitution.
Ergo, the position of the international community regarding the upcoming elections in Honduras complicates matters, while leaving the following question to the inhabitants of the planet: The legitimate President of Honduras will be that recognized by foreign governments, or will be that elected by Hondurans in universal suffrage?
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The US State Department has never said that it would not recognize the November elections in Honduras unless Mr. Zelaya is reinstated as president. It has "suggested" this, but not actually stated it. There is a subtle difference. The US will recognize the results of the elections so long as the process is conducted in an open and fair manner. Mr. Zelaya is not really the central issue, but rather the "re-establishment of the constitutional order". This can be done through a free and fair election. The US is posturing for international consumption. Cheers, Marco
ReplyDelete“The United States and many Latin American countries have warned they will not recognize the November election unless Zelaya is put back in office.”
ReplyDeleteThis is a quote from an AP article that you can read here -Look in the seventh paragraph-
And we have not read the opposite in any place. So, please base your opinions on facts not things you think you know.
Posturing for international consumption at the expense of your friend and ally is not acceptable. -- Gene
ReplyDeleteGood point, maybe the US government is pretending. However, posturing is characterized by fake representations, not real actions.
ReplyDeleteThe US government has limited visas for Hundurans, suspended non-humanitarian aid, and used its diplomatic influence against the new government. Therefore, we can't say that Obama is just pretending.
No, he has decided that he will try to play nice with actual enemies of the state like Iran and Venezuela and make enemies of his friends like Honduras by refusing to even investigate before making a decision. I find it outrageous that he is refusing along with Hillary the elections in Honduras which btw primaries were held in November of 2008. While that might not mean much to you it does to those of us who live in Honduras since that was over seven months before Zelaya was removed from office. The Honduran electorate chose their candidates and those same candidates are who is running for office.
ReplyDeleteHillary also ordered the invasion of a sovereign nation by invading the Honduran consulate in Los Angeles with her private security forces. Maybe we should be asking her since when she has the authority to invade another nation?