Originally posted by Rights Action June 10, 2011
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs is to hear from the “Honorable Roberto Micheletti Baín (Invited)”, who is, they say, the “Former President of Honduras”.
Micheletti was a key leader of the June 2009 military coup in Honduras, and was a ‘de facto’ leader of the military-backed regime that carried out widespread repression against the Honduran people.
It is false to say Micheletti is a “Former President” of Honduras. The so-called swearing in process by the pro-coup Honduran Congress, one day after the illegal military coup, was based on a forged resignation letter of President Zelaya.
The ‘dishonorable’ Micheletti should be tried in court in Honduras for his role in the coup, not received by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as “former President” of Honduras.
WHERE & WHEN
HEARING NOTICE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515-0128
Connie Mack (R-FL), Chairman
June 7, 2011
You are respectfully requested to attend an OPEN hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, to be held in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building (and available live, via the WEBCAST link on the Committee website at
http://www.hcfa.house.gov):
DATE: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
SUBJECT: Holding Honduras Hostage: Revoked Visas and U.S. Policy
WITNESSES:
The Honorable [sic] Roberto Micheletti Baín (Invited), Former President [sic] of Honduras
Mrs. Sandra Martínez de Midence, President, Central Bank of Honduras
Mr. Leonardo Villeda Bermudez, Former Executive Secretary, National Convergence Forum (FONAC)
*NOTE: Further witnesses may be added.
By Direction of the Chairman
The Committee on Foreign Affairs seeks to make its facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are in need of special accommodations, please call
202/225-5021 at least four business days in advance of the event, whenever practicable. Questions with regard to special accommodations in general (including availability of Committee materials in alternative formats and assistive listening devices) may be directed to the Committee.
WHAT TO DO
Write to your own Member of Congress, and other government officials, demanding that Micheletti – a dishonorable military coup plotter and leader – NOT be invited to speak at this hearing.
Here is the list of Committee members, which may be helpful to people calling or writing:
Call the Capitol Switchboard – (202) 224-3121 to speak with these key congressional offices
House of Representatives Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
Howard Berman, California, 28th District
Eliot Engle, Bronx, NY, 17th District
Albio Sires, New Jersey, 13th District
Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa
Donald Payne, New Jersey, 10th District
Iliana Ros-Lehtenan, Florida,
Connie Mack, Florida, 14th District
Michael McCaul, Texas, 10th District
Christopher Smith, New Jersey, 4th District
Dan Burton, Indiana, 5th District
Elton Gallegly, California, 24th district
Ron Paul, Texas, 14th District
Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska, 1st District
Gus Bilirakis, Florida, 9th District
Senate Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
Richard Lugar - Indiana
John Kerry - Massachusettes
Bob Menendez – New Jersey
Barbara Boxer - California
Jim Webb – Virginia
Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire
Tom Udall, New Mexico
Marco Rubio – Florida
Mike Lee – Utah
Jim DeMint – South Carlina
Johnny Isakson – Georgia
John Barrasso – Wyoming
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