TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.- The first official results of the primary elections for National Electoral Council (CNE) provoked quarrels within the party Freedom and substantiation (Free of charge).
Deputy Juan Barahona suggested during an interview with a radio station about a possible alliance with “The Yanist Movement”, led by Yani RosenthaHe, profiled so far as the virtual winner of The Liberal Party.
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“Libre has proposed alliances with various opposition political and social forces that want to do this and we do not know what the position of the Yanista Movement will be, but what we will not offer in Libre is the presidential candidacy,” Barahona said.
In addition, the congressman referred to the three-year sentence that Yani Rosenthal paid in the United States for money laundering offenses.
“Now he is free and he has served a sentence, we cannot question this and if there is the will to make an alliance we can do it, but without negotiating the candidacy Xiomara Castrohe said.
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He also added that “we still don’t know the position of Yani (Rosenthal) or the Liberal Party base, they have won and they will certainly want to run with their candidate in the general election. We are also willing to run in the general election, but with Xiomara Castro as a candidate. It will be the product of discussions, negotiations, proposals, counter-proposals to reach points of agreement, which, if it happens, the alliance will certainly be realized. “
“Honey” complains
Juan Barahona’s statements have drawn criticism among Libre party supporters, including the general coordinator of the political institute. Manuel ZelayaHe went out and assured that “they manipulated the statements”.
“Xiomara Castro’s big vote for the candidacy for the presidency of Honduras and the project for social and democratic re-establishment are not negotiable,” he wrote on Twitter.
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Xiomara Castro is projected as the virtual winner of Libre, according to the first official CNE results bulletin. The former first lady predominates with 76% of the votes, well over 15% of the votes Nelson Avila, a candidate of the “July 5” movement.