Lobo Inaugurated as Honduran President
President Porfirio Lobo Takes Office (Proceso Digital Image)
After a religious service, President Porfirio Lobo took the oath of office in the National stadium, under strict security, in a ceremony attended by the President of Taiwan and dignitaries from various countries, including the US. Deposed president Manuel Zelaya was transported to the airport, and his plane has apparently already landed in El Salvador, his connection to the Dominican Republic.
Much worse than when Obama was inaugurated last year, Lobo has taken the oath of office with enormous challenges. A political battle has dragged the nation to the brink of civil war. The economy is in ruins. Former allies have been alienated, new enemies awakened. The threat of imperialism has reared its hideous head, forcing him to leak political capital even before his term began.
We need to pray for wisdom for Lobo just as much as we did for Micheletti. His job will be almost as difficult. Precisely because he does not have the hatred of the left, and the disdain of the right, he will be tempted to be complacent and waste all the suffering that brought us here. He needs to be bold, honest, and passionate, but instead he comes across as meek, secretive, and cautious.
It would almost be a good thing that the “Resistencia” continue to snap at him, and bite his every move, and seek to discredit him. It would also be a good thing that the press be demanding of him. It would force him to action, and to address the extreme plight of impoverished Hondurans. It would satisfy those who really care for Honduras, not the global march of socialism, nor global corporate power.
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