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OAS calls to “expedite scrutiny” in Honduras after more than 18 hours without updates
Tegucigalpa.- The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Honduras on Saturday called for the scrutiny of the general elections of November 30 to be expedited, which has not moved for more than 18 hours.
In a statement, the MOE/OAS, led by former Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga, called “to expedite the scrutiny process, guaranteeing the traceability measures that provide certainty in the results”.
“So far, in a context of evident delays, the EOM/OAS remains attentive to the various procedures that are part of the process. It should be noted that the statistical data collected by the OAS observers in the different observed boards confirm a very close result,” the observer organization underlined.
The same source pointed out that it has maintained an uninterrupted presence by monitoring the post-election process, observing the counting of records and the withdrawal of materials at the Electoral Logistics Center and the Technological Warehouse, in addition to the development and implementation of technological solutions for the processing and dissemination of results.
Added that the Mission “has noted that the management and processing of electoral material has registered delays and intermittencies. In addition to the above, the EOM/OAS has registered the marked lack of expertise in the development and execution, especially of technological solutions, which has caused delays in the counts.”
“From Sunday night until Thursday, the Mission recorded intervals of availability of the preliminary results disclosure site,” the statement underlines.
The OAS Mission also welcomed “the attitude of those who have maintained patience, calling for calm during this crucial stage of the process” and expressed that “it is essential that citizens and, especially political parties, continue to exercise the powers of supervision and oversight conferred on them by law.”
The MOE/OAS also considers it “imperative that the electoral authorities fully guarantee that the subsequent stages of the process, including the high volume of ballots still not counted, the special scrutiny and the challenge phase, are carried out with total clarity, maximum efficiency and without any type of delay”.
The team of observers from the continental body will be in the municipality of San Antonio de Flores, department of El Paraíso, east of the country, bordering Nicaragua, on Sunday, where its inhabitants will vote to elect their local and national authorities, which they could not do on November 30 due to several irregularities reported.
Since the vote count in the National Electoral Council (CNE) system stopped, the results remain, with 88.02% of the ballots counted, with Nasry Asfura, candidate of the conservative National Party and supported by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, leading with 1,132,321 votes (40.19%).
Salvador Nasralla, from the also conservative Liberal Party, follows with 1,112,570 (39.49%), a stable trend since Thursday.
The official candidate of the Libertad y Refundación Party (Libre, left), Rixi Moncada, remains relegated in a distant third place with 543,675 ballots (19.30%).
Hondurans voted to elect a president, three presidential designates (vice presidents), 298 mayoralties, 128 deputies for the local Parliament and 20 for the Central American Parliament.
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