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| Court: Zelaya could return if granted amnesty |
| 2009-07-08 |
| The Honduran high court says ousted President Manuel Zelaya can go back to the country if he is granted amnesty by the Congress. That makes sense. I could fit into my old pants if I wasn't fat, too. "The only one with the power to give amnesty is the Congress," said Danilo Izaguirre, spokesman for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, AFP reported. And only a diet and daily trips to the gym will do it for me. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 ahead of a poll on constitutional reform that would allow him to stay in power for another term. But his opponents launched a coup to strip Zelatya from power and expeled him from the country. It's not a coup if they're following constitutional procedures. Zelaya's attempts to return to his homeland has, so far, failed as the provisional government headed by Roberto Micheletti has not allowed him to return. "Piss off! We've rented yer room!" The Honduran caretaker government had announced earlier that it would arrest Zelaya if he tried to return to the central American country. Unless the Honduran parliament sees fit to pardon him or I go on a diet. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 If you strike the king, you must kill the king. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-07-08 09:04 |
| #1 The granting of amnesty implies that Zelaya committed a crime. As in an offense against the Honduran constitution. It's about time the MSM should report what the crime is, instead of leaving this as a 'donut' story. |
| Posted by: WTF 2009-07-08 03:49 |