The CNE today declared Castro president-elect for a period of four years that will be effective from January 27, 2022
The president-elect of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, thanked her compatriots on Monday who voted for her in the general elections on November 28 to be the new ruler of their country.
“Thanks. One million 716 thousand, 793 Hondurans and Hondurans, certified by the CNE (National Electoral Council) with 100% of the minutes, placed their trust in me to change this dictatorship for a direct and participatory democracy. No more corruption! We are already working, ”Castro said in a message on social networks.
The CNE today declared Castro president-elect for a four-year period that will be effective from January 27, 2022 to January 27, 2026.
In addition, the electoral body released the results for the elective level of deputies for the Central American Parliament.
The results for the levels of deputies to the Honduran Parliament (128) and municipal mayors (298) will be made official on December 28, a date that, by law, the CNE has as a deadline to make the popular will of Hondurans known at the polls. November 28.
Castro, 62, will succeed Juan Orlando Hernández, of the National Party, who has been in power for three consecutive terms, the first, from 2010 to 2014, at the helm of Porfirio Lobo.
The president-elect is the first Honduran woman to reach the highest magistracy of the Central American country, with 9.5 million inhabitants, of which 70% are poor, according to various sources. (I)
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