[HCCN] House Resolution for reinstatement of Zelaya

[Judith Robbins]

Please read the following House Resolution and encourage Michaud and  
Pingree to sponsor.
*Call the Capitol switchboard, 202.224.3121 and ask to speak to your  
representative's foreign policy aide.

Or email Mike Michaud at www.michaud.house.gov/ or Chellie Pingree at  
www.pingree.house.gov/





The Message:

"I urge Representative Michaud/Pingree to join in co-sponsoring the  
resolution introduced by Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) and Rep. Jim  
McGovern (D-MA) calling for Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to be  
returned to office.  It is important to your constituents in Maine  
that the U.S. Congress be loud and clear in condemning this military  
coup and supporting democracy in Honduras-- and the Latin American  
region."



Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in Honduras, calling for  
the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for  
other purposes. (Introduced in House)
HRES 630 IH



111th CONGRESS


1st Session


H. RES. 630
Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in Honduras , calling for  
the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for  
other purposes.



IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


July 10, 2009
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts,  
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FARR, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.  
HINCHEY, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr.  
GRIJALVA, and Ms. BALDWIN) submitted the following resolution; which  
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs





RESOLUTION
Condemning the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in Honduras , calling for  
the reinstatement of President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and for  
other purposes.

Whereas Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales was elected President of Honduras  
in November 2005 in elections that were deemed free and fair by  
international observers;

Whereas President Zelaya and other political actors in Honduras  
became embroiled in a political dispute over whether to hold a non- 
binding referendum asking Honduran voters whether they wanted a  
constituent assembly to be established to amend the Constitution;

Whereas, on June 28, 2009, the day that the non-binding referendum  
was to take place, Honduran military forces stormed President  
Zelaya's residence, apprehended him, sent him out of the country, and  
seized the materials for the referendum;

Whereas the Honduran Congress named Roberto Micheletti, the head of  
the Congress, as President and subsequently suspended a number of  
constitutional rights, including the freedom of association and of  
movement;

Whereas the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has expressed  
its concerns regarding human rights abuses by the de facto Micheletti  
government, including the arbitrary detention of Zelaya supporters;

Whereas the Organization of American States (OAS), the United  
Nations, and the European Union, representing governments from across  
the political spectrum, have condemned the coup d'etat, refused to  
recognize the de facto Micheletti government, and demanded the  
unconditional return of President Zelaya to office;

Whereas, on July 1, 2009, the OAS voted unanimously to suspend  
Honduras from participation in the OAS unless President Zelaya was  
returned to office within three days;

Whereas, on July 4, 2009, the OAS unanimously voted to suspend  
Honduras ;

Whereas the Obama Administration has condemned President Zelaya's  
removal, supported the OAS resolutions regarding Honduras , and  
demanded that he be returned to office;

Whereas the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank have  
suspended aid and loans to Honduras ;

Whereas national elections are scheduled in Honduras for November 29,  
2009;

Whereas President Zelaya has said that he will only serve until his  
term ends in January 2010;

Whereas it is critical for the stability of Honduras that the  
November 2009 elections be free, fair, and transparent; and

Whereas U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on  
July 7, 2009, that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias would seek to  
negotiate a solution to the crisis, and President Zelaya and the de  
facto Micheletti government have agreed to the mediation of President  
Arias: Now, therefore, be it



Resolved, That the House of Representatives--


(1) condemns the June 28, 2009, coup d'etat in Honduras and refuses  
to recognize the de facto Micheletti government installed by that  
coup d'etat;


(2) calls on the Obama Administration to continue to refuse to  
recognize the de facto Micheletti government;


(3) calls for the reinstatement of President Zelaya as President of  
Honduras ;


(4) urges the Obama Administration to suspend nonhumanitarian  
assistance to the de facto Micheletti government as required by  
United States law as it deems necessary to compel the return of  
President Zelaya to office;


(5) calls for extensive international observation of the November  
2009 elections once President Zelaya is returned to office to ensure  
that his successor is elected freely, fairly, and transparently; and


(6) welcomes the mediation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias and  
encourages the Obama Administration to provide any assistance  
President Arias requests in his efforts.
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