Revolution in Honduras: Police Refuse to Back Oligarchs Election Fraud

[georgephillip]

"Honduras: police refuse to obey government as post-election chaos deepens
All national police will refuse to enforce a curfew after days of deadly violence triggered by allegations of electoral fraud..."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-from-declaring-winner-as-violence-continues

Last Tuesday, Trump's State Department certified Honduras free of human rights violations, paving the way for more US aid to the ruling oligarchs desperate to preserve their recent $tolen election.

A significant percentage of Honduran police and military personnel have voted no and returned to their barracks.

"Honduran police have announced they will refuse to obey orders from the government of the incumbent president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, and will remain in their barracks until a political crisis triggered by last Sunday’s contested presidential election has been resolved.

"All national police – including elite US-trained units – in the capital, Tegucigalpa, would refuse to enforce a curfew ordered by the government after days of deadly violence triggered by allegations of electoral fraud, a spokesman said on Monday night."

 

[as seen on tv]

when police abdicate their responsibilities to protect lives and property, they must have been promised something in return, I bet.

 

[georgephillip]

when police abdicate their responsibilities to protect lives and property, they must have been promised something in return, I bet.

There are also questions about the legality of the election itself:
"Honduran Riot Police Refuse to Carry Out Crackdown on Opposition Protests After 'Illegal' Election
STORYDECEMBER 05, 2017"

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The current incumbent in Honduras, President Juan Hernandez, came to power in a military coup in 2009 which both Clinton and Obama endorsed.

Hernandez was elected president once since the coup, and the Honduran constitution prohibits any president from running for reelection, a law Hernandez violated by running again last November, 26.

The overwhelming majority of Hondurans who violated the military imposed curfew limited their protests to banging on pots and pans, and 11 Honduran citizens have died since protests began.

On Monday (12/4) the US state department certified Honduras as "supporting human rights and fighting corruption." This makes the Hernandez government eligible to receive million$ in US "security assistance."

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/12/5/honduran_riot_police_refuse_to_carry