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The Political Constitution of the Republic of Honduras (Spanish: Constitución Política de la República de Honduras) was approved on 11 January 1982, published on 20 January 1982, [1] amended by the National Congress of Honduras 26 times from 1984 to 2005, [2] and 10 interpretations by Congress were made from 1982 to 2005.
Honduras became the third country in the world after the United States and Guatemala to establish embassies to Israel in Jerusalem. [36] In January 2021, Honduras changed the country's constitution to make it almost impossible to legalize abortion in the future. Before that, Honduras was already one of few countries with a complete ban on abortion.
During the pre-independence period the province of Honduras was governed under the 1808 Constitution of Bayonne.. Constitution of 1812 (Constitution of Cádiz), valid from 1812 to 1814 and from 1820 to 1823
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis [1] [2] [3] was a political dispute over plans to hold a popular referendum to either rewrite the Constitution of Honduras or write a new one. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya planned to hold a poll on a referendum on a constituent assembly to change the constitution.
Human Rights Commissioner Ramon Custodio and several evangelical leaders said the new court would be less partisan and politicized than it had been in the past, despite Congress' final selection method. U.S. Ambassador Hugo Llorens called the selection "a great step forward for democracy, the judiciary and transparency in Honduras." [10]
The current Political Constitution of the Republic of Honduras was initially approved on 11 January 1982, three years after Honduras returned to civilian rule after many decades of mostly military governments. The provision of the constitution, at issue here, was written to prevent a president from extending his rule beyond one term to prevent ...
Honduras' presidential elections are held on the last Sunday of November of the election year. Honduras has a multi-party system , but used to have a two-party system , which means that there were two dominant political parties : the Liberal Party of Honduras (PLH) and the National Party of Honduras (PNH).
Honduras canceled his governmental credit card, as well as lease of 50 luxury vehicles, 61 mobile phone lines, and 100 bank accounts. [108] Many demonstrations for the constitution, peace, democracy and against Zelaya's attempts to return to power took place in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Talanga, La Ceiba, El Progreso, Choluteca, and other ...