Honduras President Porfirio Lobo speaks during the 187th anniversary of the Honduran Army at Campo Marte military base in Tegucigalpa December 8, 2012. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran lawmakers on Wednesday dismissed four Supreme Court judges who had declared unconstitutional a law designed to purge the country's police of corruption, deepening a conflict between the ruling party and the court.
Lawmakers voted to oust the justices and name their replacements after a panel of judges on November 27 declared the law that established confidence exams as unconstitutional in a 4-1 vote.
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