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The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis[1][2][3] was a political dispute over plans to either rewrite the Constitution of Honduras or write a new one.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya planned to hold a poll on a referendum on a constituent assembly to change the constitution. A majority of the government, including the Supreme Court and prominent members of Zelaya's own party, saw these plans as unconstitutional[4][5] as they could lead to presidential reelection, which is permanently outlawed by the Honduran constitution.[6] The Honduran Supreme Court upheld a lower court injunction against a 28 June poll.[7] However, the constitutional process for dealing with this situation was unclear; there were no clear procedures for removing or prosecuting a sitting president. The crisis culminated in the removal and exile of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military in a coup d’état.
On the morning of 28 June 2009, approximately 100 soldiers stormed the president's residence in Tegucigalpa and put him on an airplane to San José, Costa Rica. Zelaya immediately called this a "coup" upon his arrival.[8]
Later that day, the National Congress voted to remove Zelaya from office, having read without objection a purported letter of resignation. Zelaya said the letter was forged.[9] Roberto Micheletti, the President of Congress and next in the presidential line of succession, was sworn in as interim president[10][11] and declared a "state of exception", suspending civil liberties on 1 July[12][13] and various curfews were imposed, some nationwide.[14][15]
^"Honduras in crisis over president re-election bid". Reuters. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
^Stebbins, Will (8 November 2009). "Winners and losers in Honduras". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
^"Timeline: The Honduran Crisis". AS/COA Online. 12 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
^"Q&A: Crisis in Honduras". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
^Cite error: The named reference UCSD_constreform2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Rosenberg, Mica (28 June 2009). "Army overthrows Honduras president in vote dispute". Reuters. Reuters. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
^"Honduras Congress Communiqué explaining why ex President Zelaya was removed". Retrieved 9 July 2009.
^"Honduran leader forced into exile", BBC, 28 June 2009; One hundred soldiers: "Honduran Leader's Populism is what Provoked Military Violence" Archived 23 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Benjamin Dangl, Alternet, 1 July 2009. Ten guards: "Honduras supreme court 'ordered arm coup'" Telegraph, 28 June 2009.
^"Honduran Congress names provisional president". CNN. 28 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^Longman, Jeré (21 June 2010). "Spain 2, Honduras 0 – Spain Impresses, but Still Has Work To Do". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^Booth, William; Forero, Juan (29 June 2009). "Honduran Military Ousts President". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
^"High noon in Honduras" Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Laura Carlsen, Alternet, 4 July 2009.
^"Honduran leader forced into exile". BBC News. 28 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
^El nuevo presidente de Honduras decreta el toque de queda
^Honduras suspende el toque de queda
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