TEGUCIGALPA.
Two days after developing the primaries and without official results by the National Electoral Council (CNE) complaints stem from an alleged sabotage of the internal vote counting system.
Yesterday morning, from the cellars of the CNE, which is located in the professional institute (Infop), it was reported that one of the main internet cables had been cut, as well as the theft of a hard drive from the computer center.
Ana Paola Hall, adviser to the CNE. |
Considering that the staff of the National Commissioner for Human Rights (Conadeh) came on site to deal with the complaint.
Ricardo López, manager of the defense Conadeh, indicated that after inspecting the site and talking to authorities, they confirmed that no hard drive had been stolen, but that a hard drive was identified with a malfunctioning operation.
“The technical advisor on technology issues of the CNE He explained to us that what happened is that there is a hard drive that is defective and that it is being assessed to check if it was damaged or has an anomaly, ”explained the manager of the Conadeh.
With regard to cutting the cable, it was verified that it had been cut, thus technical personnel of the CNE was about to replace it. “The cable is routed to the main entrance scanner through which the election bags pass so that the minutes can be viewed,” he explains.
Ricardo Lopez, Conadeh. |
He added that the CNE began an investigation to determine if someone cut the cable with intent to damage the vote counting process or if it was accidental.
During the press conference, the presiding counselor of the CNEAna Paola Hall, indicated that in addition to the cable cut, they have had other problems developing the electoral process.
“They cut our cables, they made it extremely difficult for us. From the moment the Luggage There they missed ink boxes, they hid election kits from us, we had to deal with some misfortune, ”said the counselor, without mentioning the names of those who carried out those actions.
Environment
The population remains insecure due to the lack of official results. Supporters and pre-candidates of the warring factions arrived at the Infop warehouses yesterday to demand that the results be released as soon as possible.
Tony García, a deputy candidate for the Somos + movement of the Free Party, said the lack of planning on the part of the authorities has the population in need. “Several candidates call themselves winners, chaos reigns, and that is the product of one CNE who did not think and did not see this situation coming, “he said. Yesterday they returned to the cellars of the CNE the election trunks of Santa Bárbara and Intibucá.