Honduras: High Court Eliminates Term Limits From Constitution

The Honduran Supreme Court unanimously voted Thursday to change the country's constitution by eliminating presidential term limits, thereby allowing the reelection of a sitting president. The move had long been promoted by President Juan Orlando Hernandez's National Party. Critics call the ruling hypocritical since those supporting the constitutional change, including the Supreme Court justices, were the same forces that backed the 2009 coup against democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya on the grounds that he wanted to introduce the same modification. teleSUR