The presidential candidate of Libertad y Refoundación (Free), Rixi Moncadadeclared on Sunday that his party would not recognize the results of the parliamentary elections in Honduras and called for nationwide protests on Saturday, December 13th. The official leader reiterated that the electoral process on November 30 took place with outside interference and had serious irregularities.
In a press conference together with members of the leadership of his party, Moncada, the “Libre does not recognize the elections that were held under the interference and coercion of Donald Trump and his allied oligarchy, who attacked the people with an electoral coup.”.
Moncada confirmed that the system for transmitting provisional election results (TREP) had serious deficiencies, pointing out that more than 95% of the protocols were included in it “Inconsistencies”. As he explained, these irregularities prevented the audit from progressing with the necessary transparency. He also expressed concern about the lack of updates on the official portal of the National Electoral Council (CNE)which passed two days with no new data.
For its part, the CNE attributed the errors to the following “technical problems” of the company responsible for the system. But after the Moncada conference, the consultants Ana Paola Hall And Cossette Lopez They reported that broadcasting operations would be restored at night, without giving details of the incidents or giving exact normalization times.
The candidate also warned that no representative of her party should be allowed to participate in transition processes while what she described as an “ongoing electoral coup” continues.
In his words, “The Libre Party rejects any official who puts himself at the top and announces cooperation in the change of government with the enemies of the people, the perpetrators of this ongoing electoral coup.”. Moncada reiterated that Libre’s political leadership will firmly reject any attempt to validate the preliminary results.
The leader also criticized what she described as… “imperial narrative of communism”was – as stated – used as an attack mechanism during the campaign. He did not give any specific examples.
Another point raised by the official candidate was the pardon granted by the American president this week. Donald Trump to the former Honduran president Juan Orlando HernándezSentenced to 45 years in prison in the United States for crimes related to drug trafficking.
Moncada stated: “We condemn the pardon of drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández” and “We demand that the tax requirements be presented and international arrests ordered for their crimes.”.
The preliminary count, which has stopped since Friday with 88.02% of the protocols checked, shows the candidate of the National Party, Nasry Asfurain first place with 1,132,321 votes (40.19%). It follows Salvador Nasrallaof the Liberal Party, with 1,112,570 votes (39.49%) and Moncada is in third place with 543,675 votes (19.30%).
After a meeting led by its general coordinator, the former president Manuel ZelayaLibre issued a statement instructing its militancy to denounce “foreign interference” in parliament U.N.The OAS and the CELAC. The document described the alleged manipulation of the electoral system as a “crime of treason by substitution and corruption of popular sovereignty.”
The party demanded Total cancellation of the electionsasked to investigate suspected “acts of electoral terrorism carried out through the broadcast system” and called for a “Extraordinary Assembly of National Dignity” for December 13th, the day on which Moncada called for mobilizations.
(With information from EFE)
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