03-05-2023, 08:53 AM
In her place three emissaries arrived who share the same name and surname. At the official head of the delegation was José Manuel Zelaya, Minister of Defense, followed by José Manuel Zelaya Castro, adviser, and finally, José Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, now converted into presidential adviser. The fact that three "José Manueles" appear in an official act of the new Honduran government went from being an apparent coincidence to being the rule of shared power in a family: Mel is a presidential adviser; His eldest son, Héctor Manuel, is the private secretary of his mother, the president; Xiomara Hortensia, the second daughter, is a deputy in the National Congress; the youngest son, José Manuel, claims to be an ad honorem adviser.
On Mel's side is his brother, Carlos Zelaya, who is the secretary of the National Congress, and his son, José Manuel Zelaya, who heads the Defense Ministry. This sounds C Level Contact List nepotism, but legally it is not. These appointments and the political participation of those who obtained the position of deputies are within the framework of Honduran law. And in the face of criticism there is a justification: it is important to keep people of confidence in the circle of power closest to the Presidency to avoid another coup.
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Someone trustworthy is never bad where the weapons are, and in the Armed Forces they have the weapons and vital strategies, so there you need someone extremely trusted by the President of the Republic," justifies Edmundo Orellana, who was Minister of Defense when Zelaya suffered the blow. The ex-president's brother, Carlos Zelaya, also said it publicly, when he was consulted about the new position of his son: "We put someone we trust in that position because from Defense coups are plotted." The Minister of Defense is a 33-year-old lawyer and this is his first experience as a public official.
On Mel's side is his brother, Carlos Zelaya, who is the secretary of the National Congress, and his son, José Manuel Zelaya, who heads the Defense Ministry. This sounds C Level Contact List nepotism, but legally it is not. These appointments and the political participation of those who obtained the position of deputies are within the framework of Honduran law. And in the face of criticism there is a justification: it is important to keep people of confidence in the circle of power closest to the Presidency to avoid another coup.
Someone trustworthy is never bad where the weapons are, and in the Armed Forces they have the weapons and vital strategies, so there you need someone extremely trusted by the President of the Republic," justifies Edmundo Orellana, who was Minister of Defense when Zelaya suffered the blow. The ex-president's brother, Carlos Zelaya, also said it publicly, when he was consulted about the new position of his son: "We put someone we trust in that position because from Defense coups are plotted." The Minister of Defense is a 33-year-old lawyer and this is his first experience as a public official.