Honduras Ousts Supreme Court Justices as Lobo Warns of ’09 Coup
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The Honduran Congress voted to remove four of the Central American country’s 15 Supreme Court justices after they rejected President Porfirio Lobo’s bid to require that police undergo lie detector tests.
Ninety-seven of the 128 lawmakers present voted to oust the justices today in a legislative session that ended around 4 a.m., Elvin Mendoza, a spokesman for Congress, said in a phone interview from Tegucigalpa. The vote took place while members of the military stood outside the congressional building throughout the night, Mendoza said.