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Honduras Restarts Vote Count Amid Fraud Claims
(MENAFN) Honduras' suspended vote tallying restarted Tuesday following a 25-hour blackout, with the National Electoral Council (CNE) calling for calm amid escalating allegations of electoral manipulation.
The CNE has plunged Hondurans into limbo since the Nov. 30 nationwide ballot, as two leading opposition contenders battle for the nation's top office.
When counting operations resumed, Liberal Party contender Salvador Nasralla held a narrow advantage with 815,261 ballots, edging past conservative rival Nasry Asfura—backed by President Donald Trump—who trailed at 808,737 votes.
The tight contest between these opposition figures has overshadowed ruling Libre Party nominee Rixi Moncada, President Xiomara Castro's chosen successor, who captured merely 19% support with 389,842 votes.
Crisis intensified after the CNE's preliminary results platform crashed, triggering mutual accusations of sabotage and electoral theft from competing camps.
Moncada took to US social media platform X, claiming her rivals and electoral officials conspired to rig the outcome, referencing purported audio evidence showing CNE personnel and political adversaries openly strategizing vote manipulation.
"Bipartisanship imposed an electoral plot on us, following the scheme revealed in the 26 audio recordings, tampering with the Preliminary Results Transmission system (TREP) and the biometric data," Moncada wrote on US social media company X.
The incumbent party's standard-bearer also attacked what she characterized as "interference" from Trump, who publicly championed Asfura and pledged financial assistance to Honduras contingent on his victory. Moncada blasted the move as "unprecedented" and labeled it "coercion" of the popular vote.
Simultaneously, CNE director Cossette Lopez Osorio accused ruling-party loyalists of staging a "boycott" against Tuesday's scheduled briefing on vote tabulation progress. Osorio alleged Libre Party operatives sought to "prevent the public appearance."
"Alert, Honduran people," she wrote.
The CNE has plunged Hondurans into limbo since the Nov. 30 nationwide ballot, as two leading opposition contenders battle for the nation's top office.
When counting operations resumed, Liberal Party contender Salvador Nasralla held a narrow advantage with 815,261 ballots, edging past conservative rival Nasry Asfura—backed by President Donald Trump—who trailed at 808,737 votes.
The tight contest between these opposition figures has overshadowed ruling Libre Party nominee Rixi Moncada, President Xiomara Castro's chosen successor, who captured merely 19% support with 389,842 votes.
Crisis intensified after the CNE's preliminary results platform crashed, triggering mutual accusations of sabotage and electoral theft from competing camps.
Moncada took to US social media platform X, claiming her rivals and electoral officials conspired to rig the outcome, referencing purported audio evidence showing CNE personnel and political adversaries openly strategizing vote manipulation.
"Bipartisanship imposed an electoral plot on us, following the scheme revealed in the 26 audio recordings, tampering with the Preliminary Results Transmission system (TREP) and the biometric data," Moncada wrote on US social media company X.
The incumbent party's standard-bearer also attacked what she characterized as "interference" from Trump, who publicly championed Asfura and pledged financial assistance to Honduras contingent on his victory. Moncada blasted the move as "unprecedented" and labeled it "coercion" of the popular vote.
Simultaneously, CNE director Cossette Lopez Osorio accused ruling-party loyalists of staging a "boycott" against Tuesday's scheduled briefing on vote tabulation progress. Osorio alleged Libre Party operatives sought to "prevent the public appearance."
"Alert, Honduran people," she wrote.
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