Hd 2400ml110 No Audio THE case of Honduras was not a coup d'état

According to political scientist Margarita Montes de Costa Rica has emerged a new political paradigm.

The removal of President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales by the Armed Forces in the early hours of Sunday June 28, breaks paradigms of contemporary political history of Latin America. For the first time in the era of post-Cold War (1989-present), an army overthrows a democratically elected constitutional president, to restore the rule of law, not to break the rule of law in a country, as was characteristic of the military in the past.

This case can not be defined as a "coup", as it lacks two key features of this political phenomenon: takeoverby the military and violation of the rule of law. The action taken by the Armed Forces of Honduras was based on a court order and its purpose was to restore the rule of law (rule of law), which was being consistently violated by the President of the Executive, in disregard of the provisions of Judiciary and the Legislature (checks and balances). After the intervention of the armed forces, the Constitution still in force and be fully respected the succession of power established by the Constitution, which is appointed a new constitutional president.

And is that from the standpoint of political science, Honduras yesterday sat a precedent, which will undoubtedly be a caseuniversity study, diplomats and politicians around the world. For the first time in Latin America, the people rebel, without bloodshed and without violence, against a democratically elected constitutional president for violating laws and the existing institutions in the country.

That is why the international media, international agencies and governments around the world, have not yet understood the context and substance of this case and are condemning what happened in Honduras, as they are analyzed based on concepts own the old paradigm of coups during the Cold War era. The international community, public and private, has not had the time or the elements, to realizeHonduras yesterday was that broke a pattern and it is completely sui generis case.

The lesson gave Honduras the world yesterday is clear: even if a President has been elected democratically and legitimately has no right to disobey the Constitution and laws of the Republic. The people are no longer willing to tolerate such abuse of power by the constitutional Presidents, often considered untouchable by the very fact of having been elected by the people. Honduras's message is simple: the popular vote does not include a license to commit crime, and any effort to govern for the common good must be within the framework of the law.

probably Hondurans have not realized the magnitude of whatthey did yesterday. Over the days, months and years go by assimilating and understanding the dimension of the new paradigm that has been laid, with a strong message to all and sundry about what the future holds constitutional dictators and their apprentices tropical. He who has ears listen.