Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras on Tuesday started counting minutes of the primaries held by three political parties on Sunday. the history “of the country.
“The process of opening (electoral) suitcases and the accompanying scan begins in these minutes, which will later advance to the monitoring phase,” Hall said at a press conference, accompanied by adviser Rixi Moncada.
The counting of the minutes began two days before the primaries of the ruling national parties; Freedom and reaffirmation (Free, first opposition force), and Liberal, Monday.
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Hall pointed out that the CNE “guarantees the transparency of the final audit and the officialization of the results, a task that we will complete successfully and in a timely manner.”
The transmission of preliminary election results in recent years “only caused” uncertainty, “so the election body invalidated the process of awarding companies for that purpose, because” the necessary guarantees of reliability and security did not exist. requires transparency, ”he explained.
MORE TRANSPARENCY IN SCRUTINY
“We have opted for greater transparency and we have set aside the rush to make statements that only cast doubt on the respect for the will of the Honduran people,” said Hall, who issued a “strong call to accountability” from the candidates for office. of popular elections.
He also said that it is “ absolutely forbidden for any leader of political parties to interfere in the processes of opening the suitcases, requesting and scanning the minutes, which are in the custody of the Council, as well as the ballot papers, which subject to of an audit process “.
Hall affirmed that the phase of control 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, we are not going to allow dark performances, everyone will have access to see what is happening,” added the official, confirming her “greater commitment to the homeland, democracy and the people”.
This election process “is the most transparent, free and fair process of the past 12 years,” said Hall, denouncing that the Internet service at the main center was shut down. of the CNE in Tegucigalpa and sabotaged several election packages.
THE PROCESS IS SLOW, BUT TRANSPARENT
For her part, the counselor Rixi Moncada, He called for “calm and common sense” for the population pending the results of the primaries, which are not mandatory.
“The process will proceed slowly but surely, with no national votes and no falsifications,” emphasized Moncada, who attributed the delay in the transfer of the results to technical difficulties.
He added that the election advisers “don’t accept pressure, we will do anything by taking biosecurity measures. and respect for the times the law gives us ”.
“It’s hard to resist a paradigm shift, the law doesn’t require us to get immediate results,” said Moncada, who also appealed to the candidates to “calm down.”
“Slowly but surely, with access“For everyone, they will have the results as soon as they come out,” said the advisor, affiliated with the Libre party.