Honduras a espera de declaratoria presidencial en medio de polémica por el conteo especial
Honduras permanece a la espera de la declaratoria oficial de las elecciones presidenciales, mientras el Consejo Nacional Electoral avanza hacia una posible proclamación con el 99,93 % del escrutinio ordinario concluido, pero con un conteo especial aún inconcluso y rodeado de denuncias de irregularidades, tensiones políticas y acusaciones de “golpe electoral”
TL;DR
- Honduras is awaiting the official declaration of presidential election results.
- 99.93% of ordinary vote counts are complete, but a special count of 333 contested ballots remains unfinished.
- Political tensions are high, with accusations of an "electoral coup" being made.
- Preliminary results show Nasry 'Tito' Asfura leading with 40.27% of the votes.
- The special count has been slow, with only 62 additional ballots tallied overnight.
- Two of the three CNE council members have agreed to proceed with issuing the report without the special count being fully concluded.
- The official deadline for announcing results is December 30th.
- The ruling Libre party's candidate, Rixi Moncada, is in third place and does not recognize the CNE's results.
- The second-place candidate, Salvador Nasralla, is also demanding a "vote by vote" recount, which the CNE has dismissed as not being within current regulations.
- The National Graphics Company (ENAG), which publishes the official newspaper, stated it will not publish the declaration if it is not signed by all three CNE council members.
- Police dispersed Libre militants who were blocking a highway connecting Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula.