The Honduras Case: Does an Election Allow You to Govern Undemocratically?

Ray Walser / July 07, 2009

In Moscow on July 6, President Obama made the following remarks regarding the situation in Honduras, where Mr. Manuel Zelaya, after being removed from office on June 28, seeks an international consensus to force his return to presidential office. He said, “America supports now the restoration of the democratically-elected President of Honduras, even though he has strongly opposed American policies. We do so not because we agree with him. We do so because we respect the universal principle that people should choose their own leaders, whether they are leaders we agree with or not.”

Few will question the right of people to choose their leaders. But it is prudent to ask some follow-up questions that have yet to be answered by the President or Secretary of State Clinton regarding U.S. policy toward Honduras. (more…)