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Caribbean & Central America - March 2012 (ISSN 1741-4458)
HONDURAS: Lobo takes it out on the supreme court
The executive and the legislature are scheming against the highest court in the land for its unwillingness to co-operate with the government led by President Porfirio Lobo. Critics contend that the Lobo administration is leaning towards the creation of a parallel power in order to bypass supreme court decisions it does not like, and warn that this is an assault on the already weak state institutions in Honduras. Lobo, like his ousted predecessor Manuel Zelaya (2006-2009), has toyed with the idea of calling a constituent assembly for a broader constitutional overhaul, but with a general election looming in November 2013, it is probably too late for that.
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