SAN PEDRO SULA.
Out of the 117 alternates belonging to the three political parties National Freedom and re-establishment (Free) and Liberal, who are holding primaries on March 14, 91 aim for re-election, which equates to 78%.
46 of the 61 alternates came from the previous amount National party, 26 of 30 belong to Free and 19 from 26 to Liberal Party.
In the case of the 26 remaining legislators, the reasons for leaving their seats are diverse.
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Some like Ángel Darío Banegas (PL) and Mauricio Oliva (PN) are presidential candidates. Others try to be the mayors of their respective municipalities, as is the case with the liberal Bader Dip in La Ceiba and with the nationalists David Chávez and Juan Diego Zelaya in the Honduran capital.
The musician and deputy of Yoro, Pompilio “Pilo” Tejeda, also wants to become the mayor of El Progreso in the movement of the liberal candidate Luis Zelaya.
Such as Ronnie McNab Thompson, deputy of the Bay Islands, who wants to become the candidate for the mayor of Roatán through the current of Yani Rosenthal.
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On the other hand, the Sampedrano Leo Castellón is one of Mauricio Oliva’s presidential appointees, and the Copaneco Juan Carlos Elvir guides the liberal Yani Rosenthal in that position.
María Luisa Borjas, deputy of Libre for Francisco Morazán, is one of the presidential candidates of the presidential candidate Wilfredo Méndez.
Meanwhile, Rodolfo “Fito” Irías Navas, nationalist deputy for Atlántida, announced his retirement from politics after occupying a seat since 1982; that is, the beginning of the new democratic era.
Last August, Francisco Paz, a congressman from El Paraíso for the Libertad y Refundación party, died as a victim of COVID-19. A month later, in September, nationalist deputy José María Martínez from Comayagua died after a battle with throat cancer.
On the other hand, former Liberal Deputy Fredy Nájera is facing justice in the United States, where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. Óscar Armando Martínez, who was Nájera’s replacement and is currently in office, is once again running as an alternate candidate for the Yanista movement.
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data 128 Delegates and their deputies. Number of people occupying a seat in the National Congress. In the elections on March 14, 91 of them are seeking re-election for their positions. 869 Bills. They were presented during the 2020 parliamentary term, an atypical year due to the pandemic and because the parliamentary sessions took place virtually. 1825 Origin of the National Congress. In that year, the first territorial demarcation was promulgated, and the country’s first constitution was promulgated on December 11, according to historical records. |
There are 11 lawmakers belonging to five political institutions that will not attend the first elections of the next 14th. They are Mario Noé Villafranca (UD), Felícito Ávila (DC), Osman Chávez (PAC), as well as Doris Gutiérrez, Luis Redondo, David Reyes and Tomás Ramírez (Pinu), and Karen Dinora Ortega, Bernardo Enrique Medina, Denis Castro and Dunia Ortiz (Patriotic Alliance).
In Mario Noé Villafranca’s case, he aspires to be the municipal mayor of the Central District through today’s La Esperanza de Honduras, led by the liberal candidate Banegas.
For re-election
With her candidacy, Martha Concepción Figueroa de Guevara is aiming for her eighth reelection as a nationalist deputy for Santa Bárbara. Doña Chonita, as she is known to family members and Coreligionists, began her career in the legislature in 1990, during the reign of Rafael Leonardo Callejas (QEDP).
Also in the same year, the nationalists José Celín Discua Elvir, for El Paraíso, and Óscar Ramón Nájera, for Colón, began their careers as deputies.
For 18 years, the nationalist Rolando Dubón has represented Bueso Copán and Milton de Jesús Puerto Oseguera, Yoro.
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In 2006, Liberal MPs José Alfredo Saavedra Paz, from Valle; Mario Edgardo Segura Aroca, for El Paraíso, and Carlos Alfredo Lara Watson, for Choluteca. In addition, the nationalists Oswaldo Ramos Soto and Antonio César Rivera Callejas, both from Francisco Morazán.
2010 saw the first elected representatives of the National Party Alberto Chedrani, Welsy Vásquez, Yaudet Burbara, Elden Vásquez, Gladis Aurora López and Miguel Edgardo Martínez. Also the liberal Yury Sabas, from Choluteca.
Of the National Party’s 46 re-election representatives, 30 are from the Unity and Hope movement, which nominates Nasry Asfura for president. The remaining 16 are from Together We Can, headed by current President of the Legislature, Mauricio Oliva.
In case of Party for Freedom and Restoration (Free), most of the MEPs wishing to stay in Parliament are part of the Somos +, FRP, POR and M-28 currents. Only Manuel de Jesús Mejía does it for Honduras Libre, of candidate Wilfredo Méndez.
In the Liberal Party, of the 19 delegates running for re-election, nine are for the Yanista movement, eight for Recovering Honduras (Luis Zelaya) and two for La Esperanza de Honduras (Darío Banegas).
Some sources. Initiatives such as Power observatory They seek to educate the Honduran population on the functioning of the legislative body in order to create a closer relationship and relationship between the people and the officials of the CN.
Through the online portal elobservatoriodelpoder.com, users can consult interesting information from each deputy who is part of the 2018-2022 period, in addition to taking an X-ray and evaluating the management of each of the parliamentarians.
Also, at the end of each parliamentary term, the Democracy without Borders Foundation (FDsF) and the Social forum on Honduras external debt (Fosdeh) analyzes legislative output through a public inquiry.