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How to Pronounce C-O-U-P in Rightwing

From Ray Walser at, nat­u­rally, The Corner:

Con­gress, the courts, and the mil­i­tary joined forces to send [Hon­duran Pres­i­dent] “Mad” Mel [Zelaya] pack­ing. In a delib­er­ate, bipar­ti­san manner, they selected a new pres­i­dent to serve until reg­u­lar elec­tions in November.

And for the reality-​based among us, here are the first 3 parts of the OAS res­o­lu­tion con­demn­ing the coup—

1. To con­demn vehe­mently the coup d’état staged this morn­ing against the constitutionally-​established Gov­ern­ment of Hon­duras, and the arbi­trary deten­tion and expul­sion from the coun­try of the con­sti­tu­tional pres­i­dent José Manuel Zelaya Ros­ales, which has pro­duced an uncon­sti­tu­tional alter­ation of the demo­c­ra­tic order.

2. To demand the imme­di­ate, safe and uncon­di­tional return of Pres­i­dent José Manuel Zelaya Ros­ales to his con­sti­tu­tional functions.

3. To declare that no gov­ern­ment aris­ing from this uncon­sti­tu­tional inter­rup­tion will be recognized.

—the state­ment by Pres­i­dent Obama—

I am deeply con­cerned by reports coming out of Hon­duras regard­ing the deten­tion and expul­sion of Pres­i­dent Mel Zelaya. As the Orga­ni­za­tion of Amer­i­can States did on Friday, I call on all polit­i­cal and social actors in Hon­duras to respect demo­c­ra­tic norms, the rule of law and the tenets of the Inter-​American Demo­c­ra­tic Char­ter. Any exist­ing ten­sions and dis­putes must be resolved peace­fully through dia­logue free from any out­side interference.

—and the state­ment by Sec. of State Clinton:

The action taken against Hon­duran Pres­i­dent Mel Zelaya vio­lates the pre­cepts of the Inter-​American Demo­c­ra­tic Char­ter, and thus should be con­demned by all. We call on all par­ties in Hon­duras to respect the con­sti­tu­tional order and the rule of law, to reaf­firm their demo­c­ra­tic voca­tion, and to commit them­selves to resolve polit­i­cal dis­putes peace­fully and through dia­logue. Hon­duras must embrace the very prin­ci­ples of democ­racy we reaf­firmed at the OAS meet­ing it hosted less than one month ago.

(All this via Inca Kola News)



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