Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) in Honduras began Tuesday in this issue by counting the minutes of the primary elections held on Sunday by three political parties, said the president of the entity, Ana Paola Hall, who indicated that the process will be “the most transparent in history “the country.
“The process of opening the (electoral) suitcases and the corresponding scan begins in these minutes, which will later move to the examination stage,” Hall said at a news conference, accompanied by Councilor Rixi Moncada.
The minutes began two days before the primary elections organized by the national parties in power; Freedom and substantiation (Free, the first opposition force) and Liberal, Months.
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Hall emphasized that the NPP guarantees “the transparency of the final control and the formalization of the results, a task that we will successfully complete in a timely manner”.
The transmission of the preliminary election results in recent years has only “created uncertainty”, so that the electoral body declared the process of awarding companies for that purpose null and void, because there were no necessary assurances of reliability and security. transparency is needed, “he explained.
MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE OFFICE
“We have opted for greater transparency and set aside the rush to make statements that only question respect for the will of the Honduran people,” said Hall, who made a “strong call for accountability” of the candidates for office. of popular elections.
He also said that it is “absolutely forbidden for any leader of political parties to intervene in the processes of opening suitcases, extracting and scanning the minutes in the custody of the Council, as well as the ballot papers, which will be submitted of an audit process “.
Hall said the examination stage that began today “is the sole responsibility of the National Electoral Council and the interference of political leaders in the areas designated for these jobs “.
“There are no secrets here, nor will we allow dark shows, everyone will have access to see what is happening,” added the official, who reaffirmed “a greater commitment to the homeland, democracy and the people.”
This election process “is the most transparent, free and fair in the last twelve years,” said Hall, who denounced that the internet service in the main center had been interrupted. of the CNE in Tegucigalpa and sabotaged several electoral kits.
THE PROCESS WILL BE SLOW, BUT TRANSPARENT
In turn, the counselor Rixi Moncada, He called for “calm and health” for the population, waiting for the results of the primary elections, which are not mandatory.
“The process will go slowly, but surely, without rural votes and without adulterations,” said Moncada, who attributed the delay in transmitting the results to technical issues.
He added that election advisers “do not accept pressure, we will do everything by taking biosecurity measures. and respecting the times that the law gives us ”.
“It is difficult to resist a paradigm shift, the law does not oblige us to provide immediate results,” said Moncada, who also called on candidates to “calm down.”
“Slowly but surely, with accessFor everyone, they will have the results as they come out, “said the councilor, a member of the Libre party.