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Briefing: Was Zelaya's ouster a coup?  Hondurans debate the
legality of the forced exile of President Manuel Zelaya.  (Page
2 of 2)  Under the nation's penal codes, says Mr. Sanchez, the
military could argue that it was operating under "necessity," to
maintain peace, in sending Zelaya on a plane to Costa Rica. And
under Article 272 of the Constitution, the military could also
argue that it was exiling the leader in its mission to defend
public order and the Constitution.  Skip to next paragraph  Why
are so many nations against the interim government?  Honduran
officials say that the international community does not
understand the Honduran Constitution nor the threat to democracy
that Zelaya represented, and that they have erroneously come to
their conclusions. Yet many observers say that, regardless of
the legal arguments presented, the Honduran de facto government
remains isolated in its judgment.  "They claim there was a legal
resolution backing mil