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7-2-2009 9:17 AM
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Antara says:
Illuminating: see full @ source
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7-2-2009 9:30 AM
Antara
It’s a long article, but I learned things I hadn’t known. For example;
Mel never submitted a budget for 2009, hence the
Congress can’t approve it so Honduras is operating in 2009 on 2008’s
budget. Now, why would a President not submit a budget? Who knows for
sure but one of the possibilities is that 2009 is an election year. Mel
would like to stay in power past 2009. The budget in 2008 didn’t
include an election, so in essence there is NO money available for the
2009 election because we’re operating on 2008’s budget.
One other tidbit from the constitution – Article 42,
Section 5 says that anyone who is found to “incite, promote, or aid in
the continuation or re-electio...
7-2-2009 9:31 AM
Antara
The ballots arrive in Honduras (from Venezuela on a Venezuelan flagged
plane). The Attorney General demands that the ballots be confiscated
and held at a military installation. Mel decides that if the military
won’t distribute the ballots, he’ll get his own people to distribute
them Mel gets a couple of busses and a few cars full of supporters.
They drive to the Air Force installation that was holding the ballots.
They forcibly entered the installation and took the ballots. Not only
was this “breaking and entering” it was a complete betrayal of a lawful
order of the Attorney General
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