Ana Paula Hall, president of the National Electoral Council, asked presidential candidates to call for calm and responsibility in their public messages.
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Five days before the elections National Electoral Council (CNE) It continues without announcing the winner of the presidency HondurasAmidst intense competition between… Salvador Nasrallahfrom the Liberal Party, and Nasri “Tito” AsfouraFrom the National Party, supported by Donald Trump.
On Thursday evening, political tension suddenly escalated after the presidential candidate Salvador Nasrallah It denounced alleged irregularities in the initial counting process, in a scenario marked by failures in the National Electoral Council system and growing distrust of the results.
And then the National Party candidate. Nasri AsfouraA message spread in which he asked “Calm” He stressed that the country’s stability is above any private interest. In addition, he announced that the election results would be known within “a matter of time.”
Below, minute-by-minute coverage:
The United States stressed that “the eyes of the world” remain on Honduras while the country awaits the results of the elections
The US Undersecretary of State also asked the Honduran authorities responsible for the vote counting process to “respect” the popular will.
The United States has set its sights on the electoral process in Honduras and has publicly expressed its demand for “respectThe popular will in presidential scrutiny remains ongoing.
An official director of the National Elections Center confirmed that there will be no certainty about the results
One of the three advisers to the National Electoral Center, representing the ruling Liberal Party, questioned the TREP (preliminary detection system) transmission of electoral results and described it as a “real trap.”
Ochoa said in a press conference, “These events are not isolated. They are part of a coordinated process between the internal forces of the party leadership and allied foreign intervention that imposes an electoral decision that is compatible with the sovereign people.”
On the other hand, he stressed that the TREP project suffers from shortcomings that “lead to uncertainty about the results.”
Nasrallah avoided criticizing the pardon issued by Donald Trump for Juan Orlando Hernandez
Presidential candidate Salvador NasrallahThe Honduran Liberal Party representative indicated on Thursday that it was not within his jurisdiction to question the US President’s decision. Donald Trump Pardon of the former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandezwas sentenced in New York for 45 years in prison for drug smuggling.
Nasrallah announced during a conference in Tegucigalpa, “The American judicial system convicted him and the President of the United States released him. These are the decisions of another country and I have no right to question them.”
The liberal candidate is currently in close conflict with the nationalist Nasri “Tito” Asfoura– He pointed out that despite the demand in Honduras for Hernandez to be tried locally, it is clear that the final decision regarding the pardon rests with the US administration. He stressed that “his release is within the powers of the President of the United States, and I do not question that either.”
The National Electoral Council called for calm after Nasrallah’s accusations of changing the results
Anna Paula HallThe head of Honduras’ National Electoral Council asked presidential candidates on Thursday to call for calm and responsibility in their public messages, at a time of heightened tension over denunciations of violence. Counting violations Salvador Nasrallah, candidate of the Liberal Party.
“Candidates, in moments like these, when the country awaits with anticipation the draft final results of the elections, it is necessary to talk about peace of mind and certainty.Hall announced at a news conference.
This call comes after Nasrallah warned of a sudden change in the initial voting data, which increases pressure among the main political forces.
The head of the Electoral College urged all political actors to contribute to maintaining stability and confidence in the process, while citizens await the publication of the final results after the elections, which were classified as the closest in the modern history of Honduras.
Salvador Nasrallah warned of the occurrence of technical anomalies in the audit
Presidential candidate for the conservative Liberal Party of Honduras, Salvador NasrallahOn Thursday, he announced that he does not have conclusive evidence to confirm that there was fraud in the vote count in the November 30 elections, despite his warning about this. Technical violations In the primary results system
“We cannot talk about fraud, because the whole process has not yet been identified.Nasrallah indicated in an interview with the agency Evie.
The opposition candidate, who previously ran in the 2013 and 2017 elections, confirmed that in the early hours of Thursday there was a “screenshot” on the official website of the National Electoral Council, followed by a sudden change in favor of Nasri Asfoura, his rival from the National Party.
In the conversation, Nasrallah reiterated his concern about the background of previous operations, and recalled that he denounced them afterward Manipulating the resultsPointing out that former Chancellor David Matamoros is responsible for the “fraud.”
Nasrallah reiterated, through his social networks, that he had discovered alleged manipulation of an algorithm similar to previous years and demanded clarifications from the Electoral College.
The final audit remains open, and the difference between Nasrallah and Asfoura remains at the center of controversy and international attention.