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The meeting to discuss the issue of the ZEDEs was scheduled for 8:30 am in the plenary session room in the main building of the CSJ.
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) , Rebeca Lizette Ráquel Obando, called for the Plenary of magistrates (15) for next Friday, September 20, to discuss the issue of the Zones of Employment and Economic Development (ZEDE) .
Through a call, the Judiciary informed that the meeting is scheduled for 8:30 am in the Plenary session room in the main building of the presidency of that Branch of the State.
The document also stated that the points to be discussed are jurisdictional issues regarding the ZEDEs and amnesties.
Last August, the Constitutional Chamber of the CSJ indicated that, after failing to achieve unanimity among its members to issue a final ruling in relation to the ZEDEs , it will be the full court of judges that must decide on the presented project.
These projects are linked to the reform of the Constitution of the Republic and the Organic Law that gives life to the ZEDE.
The statement clarified that to date there is no definitive ruling on these issues. “It will be the Plenary of the 15 Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice that will have to decide on the presented project,” the text details.
On August 8, the Constitutional Court upheld the appeal filed by the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) against the ZEDEs.
ZEDEs in Honduras
In April 2022, the National Congress repealed the ZEDE Law by unanimous vote , through the approval of two decrees: Decree No. 32-2022 and Decree No. 33-2022.
The first decree seeks to repeal the articles of the Constitution that were amended in 2012 to allow the creation of the ZEDE Law. However, by constitutional law, any reform to the Constitution must be approved in ordinary sessions, with two-thirds of the deputies, and ratified in the subsequent ordinary legislature by the same number of votes, in order to enter into force.
In this case, the decree was approved unanimously in 2022 and was not ratified before the end of the 2023 legislative period.
