tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post6141896240029744516..comments2023-09-12T01:15:08.356-07:00Comments on Honduras Coup 2009: OAS: No Election ObserversRAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post-60353395267932749902009-11-10T16:28:23.178-08:002009-11-10T16:28:23.178-08:00The official observers that the Supreme Electoral ...The official observers that the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is talking about are separate from any astro turf "observers", who should better be considered unofficial intimidators. Their presence, far from legitimating the election, will make it less legitimate as they add to the reasons why dissenting voters would be discouraged from turning out.<br /><br />American expatriates who have not been naturalized in Honduras are actually bound by the Constitution, by the way, not to engage in political activities, and this proposed activity would be against the law:<br /><br />ARTICULO 32.- Los extranjeros no podrán desarrollar en el país actividades políticas de carácter nacional ni internacional, bajo pena de ser sancionados de conformidad con la Ley.<br /><br />Article 32: The foreigners cannot develop national or internaitonal political activities in the country, under pain of being sanctioned in conformity with the Law.<br /><br />So-- Honduran citizens observing such activity would be within their rights to ask that those "observing" electoral activities be arrested.RAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2341954168256070610.post-48325846429186431382009-11-10T14:23:41.013-08:002009-11-10T14:23:41.013-08:00-Most of these observers will be Central American ...-Most of these observers will be Central American businessmen._ <br /><br />No, most will be American Ex-Pats who follow La Gringa from lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com <br /><br />They have taken up the call to observe because they were "ASKED" by the Honduran electoral tribunal to participate in observing the elections as seen in this link here <br /><br />http://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2009/10/here-is-how-you-can-help-honduras.html<br /><br />Therefore, ergo, you have the extreme right wing American ex-pat scene observing elections that only have one desired outcome; which is who they want in office. And for some reason these Americans feel they have a right to dictate foreign policy and dictate to real Hondurans who should be representing them in office, and who should be out of office and not in their elected office now. <br /><br />It is as if to say that Americans living and working in Honduras now are somehow allowed by real Hondurans to make decisions for them and their futures.<br /><br />What I don't get is how any American ex-pat or otherwise thinks they can have any say over what goes on politically in Honduras, after all they maintain their status as Americans because they are afraid to relinquish it just in case they want to go back home to America, which shows they are not truly Hondurans, but Americans hiding in sheep's clothing waiting to dictate what happens in the future for real Hondurans, despite them being Americans and not Hondurans.Menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635041375080325047noreply@blogger.com