Salvador Nasrallahthe Liberal Party candidate and current leader in the counting of primary votes in Honduras with little difference Nasri “Tito” Asfoura The Homeland Party warned about the official results of the general elections scheduled for next November 30.It will take a few days“Given the need to implement a Special examination.
“We will have to wait and see when the divergence will occur based on the data involved. In addition, there is the special audit, which is the challenges that we will take in places where there is a clear inflation of votes (…) that is, The result will take a few daysNasrallah expressed on social media.
The candidate called for “calm” and “calm” as the counting process progressed monotonously, and admitted that he hoped there would be a “result.”identification“For this Wednesday regarding the presumptive presidential winner, although he is confident that the short gap with Nasri Asfoura – who has the public support of the US President… Donald Trump– It will be expanded to your advantage.
The recount faces two “contingencies”: the first concerns processed records that cannot be transported from voting centers; The second is documents that have not been processed or sent by the receiving councils, according to the National Electoral Council.
Until the last hours of Wednesday Nasrallah added 1,037,896 votes (40.16%) and Asfoura 1,026,770 votes (39.73%).80.89% of the minutes were audited. The count, which was paralyzed twice during the day due to alleged maintenance work on the results dissemination system, made little progress after being reactivated in the afternoon.
In the face of these delays, the head of the National Electoral Chamber confirmed, Anna Paula HallAnother authority in the organization expressed this Disagreement and taking responsibility To the company responsible for the publishing system, which carried out maintenance tasks without prior notice.
After the first suspension of the count, prompted by technical difficulties – according to CNE -, the authorities were able to do so A room in a downtown hotel to display the results on screenswhich progresses slowly and can be reverted by default.
While the country is still waiting for the actual winner to be announced since election night, security was beefed up on Wednesday at the hotel where the results are being shown and some businesses began taking precautions against the possibility of rioting.
On the other hand, at the level of international organizations in Honduras European Union Election Observation Mission The Ministry of the Environment/EU reported Tuesday in Tegucigalpa that despite the previous tense climate, Honduras’ general elections were held in a “peaceful and festive atmosphere”.
According to the head of the mission. Francisco Assis“The general elections were held in a tense and highly polarized environment, with political disagreements affecting the work of both the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Tribunal of Electoral Justice (TJE).”
However, the EU/Election Observation Mission highlighted that “voting took place peacefully and was rated by EU observers as good or very good in 97% of polling stations observed.” For this process, the European Union published at least 138 observers from 26 member statesalong with my representatives Norway and Canada. The team visited 414 polling centers during voting day and 45 polling centers during the counting of votes.
Assis stressed this Internal conflicts It has complicated institutional functioning: “It reflects the extent to which institutions are vulnerable to paralysis and excessive politicization“This made it difficult to make important decisions.” The initial report states that “the current tripartite political composition of the National Electoral Commission has led to fragmented responsibilities, weak coordination, and slow decision-making throughout the process.”
The mission also mentioned this The National Election Board did not establish coherent institutional public communications, which affected transparency. He noted that the three council members chose to selectively publish information on their personal accounts, and in some cases provided contradictory accounts about electoral preparations. “This undoubtedly affected the credibility of the National Electoral Council,” the European mission’s report concludes.
(With information from EFE)