| ManusJustus said: A lot of people are confusing laws with democracy. There are undemocratic laws, and Hondurus is a great example of this. In Hondurus is illegal to hold a referendum on term limits, and there is no way around this, be it the justice system, legislative system, or electoral system. That is undemocratic. The United States has a much better system in that a certain majority of votes can change pre-existing laws. Also, the Hondurus military is in charge of elections, and I consider that to be undemocratic. |
In Canada there can be no legally binding referendum on anything without a law being passed to make the results binding, and elections are controlled by an unelected representitive of the Queen ... Does that make Canada's system undemocratic?
I'm not positive on this, but it is highly likely that Honduras (like every representitive democracy) has a method to change their constitution in the legislative branch (which would have allowed for a vote on term limits for the presiden) probably with the need to gain approval of the executive and judicial branches of government. The reason it is done this way is to provide a check and balance on the power in any branch of government and to prevent the democracy to be converted into a dictatorship. The fact that the president was not allowed to get around the protections built into the system is actually a very good sign of the health of the democracy.
