Is the US Government pro Dictatorship?

[TheRealMafoo]

Timmah! said:

ManusJustus said:

TheRealMafoo said:

 

The difference is Honduras is a representative government.

 

Honduras can have multiple terms limits added to there constitution. It just needs to be done though congress.

The Constitution is set up so that it is impossible to increase term limits, so Honduras cannot go through congress.  If a law cannot be passed or discarded legally or judicially, that is undemocratic.  In Iran, you cannot remove the Ayatollah legislatively or judicially, so it is obviously undemocratic.

So, why doesn't the legislative branch just change the part of the constitution that restricts them from adding term limits, then add the term limits? Just saying.

Zelaya was going around the legal process and broke the law, end of story. I never really cared one way or the other before this happened, but it really seems pretty cut and dry to me. Break the law, get in trouble.

Title VII, with two chapters, outlines the process of amending the constitution and sets forth the principle of constitutional inviolability. The constitution may be amended by the National Congress after a two-thirds vote of all its members in two consecutive regular annual sessions. However, several constitutional provisions may not be amended. These consist of the amendment process itself, as well as provisions covering the form of government, national territory, and several articles covering the presidency, including term of office and prohibition from reelection.

http://countrystudies.us/honduras/84.htm

It's hard to do. Someone could be clever enough to do it some day, but it's not trivial. (and it's that way on purpose).