Of the other presidents elected since 1981, none reached even 1.2 million ballots.
The virtual president-elect of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, has become the first of all the rulers that the country has had, with the most votes in her favor, 1.4 million, when only 80.66% of the votes have been scrutinized. minutes of the November 28 elections.
According to the latest update of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Castro, leader of the Libertad y Refundación (Free) party, free added 1,409,689 votes (50.63%) this Saturday, against 999,214 (35.89%) for Nasry Asfura , of the ruling National Party.
The CNE had processed, until 1:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. GMT), 2.89 million ballots, of 5.18 million eligible voters for the eleventh general elections held in Honduras since the return to constitutional order, in 1980.
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Castro came to the elections at the head of a de facto alliance between Libre and the National Opposition Union of Honduras (Unoh), made up of two minority parties, only for the presidential formula.
Of the other presidents elected since 1981, none managed to add even 1.2 million ballots, which contrasts with the results of Xiomara Castro, without the scrutiny having ended.
Regarding the results for deputies, the scrutiny, with 62.20 minutes processed by the CNE, three parties, Libre, Nacional, Salvador de Honduras and Liberal are the ones that are getting the most seats for the 128 that make up the Parlament.
The scrutiny of the votes of the disputed takes place between multiple accusations and complaints of “fraud” that during the week candidates of the Free, National and Salvador parties of Honduras have been making, arguing that they want to displace them so that others can reach the Legislative branch.
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One of the complaints is against the Minister of the Presidency, Ebal Díaz, of candidates from his same party, the Nacional, who claim that he would be responsible for tampering with the minutes to be able to leave at least among the ten deputies that that political institution would be obtaining.
Díaz has rejected the multiple complaints and has asked those who accuse him to “present evidence.”
The Public Ministry has guarded the CNE facilities where all electoral material is processed, in the event of any violent incidents that may arise as a result of the claims, although so far everything has gone with apparent normality.
On Friday, the CNE extended the deadline for challenges due to irregularities in the results for all popularly elected positions until the 6th.
The complaints about alleged “fraud” reported by some candidates for deputies are being investigated by the Public Ministry and the Electoral Court of Justice.
The three councilors of the CNE have reiterated that all the challenges will be addressed and that if it is verified who has altered the minutes and committed other irregularities, they will be brought to trial, because a process that has cost Hondurans 1,900 million lempiras cannot be tarnished ( $ 78.1 million).
From the day of the elections, the CNE has 30 days to declare Xiomara Castro elected president, who will assume power on January 27, 2022, replacing Juan Orlando Hernández, who will serve his second term in power.
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