Riots in Honduras Prevent the Start of Special Scrutiny and Deepen Uncertainty over the Results

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Protests at the electoral logistics centre in Tegucigalpa forced the deployment of security forces and delayed the presidential definition

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The political tension in Honduras increases to dangerous levels. The call for the mobilization of the bases of the Free ruling party, made by former President José Manuel Zelaya, has generated riots that have alerted the electoral authorities. The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Ana Paola Hall, has asked international observers on Monday to “document the unacceptable attack on democracy that some are planning and executing” an…

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Two weeks after the presidential elections in Honduras, the capital of the Central American country is the epicenter of riots in the vicinity of the Electoral Logistics Center, where the special count of votes of the presidential election takes place. Honduran CNE councillor, Cossete López-Osorio, described the situation in the CLE as "critical" and "overflowing", when reporting the throwing of stones and confrontations in the place. The complai…

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The CNE's councilwoman denounced that there is a "considerable risk" that the electoral process will be lost in the general elections in Honduras.

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* Zelaya, coordinator of the Free Party that lost the elections, activated the shock groups to prevent the special counting of the electoral records. ** Agusto Aguilar, former electoral judge, warns that the electoral declaration requires that the plenary of the Electoral Council be properly integrated, not the will of a single councillor. Sharon Ardon and Daniela RomeroPublic ex-President Manuel Zelaya Rosales activated the so-called collective…

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Ana Paola Hall • President of the CNE The entry “To those who are undermining Honduras' democracy I remind you: the world observes and history judges relentlessly. Honduran people: the risk of losing our freedom is considerable and, consequently, the electoral process for which citizens have fought so hard with exemplary conduct and desire for peace is lost.” was first published in the Digital Process.