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this was not a coup. The former president tried to initiate a referendum in clear violation of Honduran law. The honduran supreme court invalidated the referendum call in accordance with honduran law. The honduran congress wrote a new law that passed overwhelmingly that further restricted the ability of said former president to initiate any referendum. The former president then ordered the commander of the honduran forces to distribute the referendum votes anyway and he refused. The former president then removed the commander from his post and replaced him with another commander in another clear violation of honduran law. The honduran court then invalidated this move in accordance with honduran law. The honduran constitution has no set procedures for an impeachment so the honduran congress elected to have him removed from office, approved in accordance with honduran law by the honduran courts, and then ordered the military to arrest and then exile former president.
The honduran congress then elected an interim president until the normal election cycle happens. This new interim president will not even be a candidate for the next general election, at which time the people of honduras will constitutionally elect a new president.
This was not a coup.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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