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...

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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-election of the President” would face loss of
citizenship. Remember this one later on in this saga.

Mel runs into another logistical snafu. He needs some
ballots printed. The entire political structure of Honduras (except
him) has ruled that the poll is illegal. It’s a pretty sure bet that he
can’t get the government to print the ballots for an illegal referendum
so he asks his buddy Hugo Chavez to print the ballots. Of course Hugo
says “No Problem Comrade!”