The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castrodenounced this Tuesday an “adulteration” of the election results in his country and condemned the “interference” of his American counterpart, donald trumpwho supports a right-wing candidate.
About to conclude, the scrutiny of the presidential elections is led by the conservative Nasry AsfuraTrump’s favorite, with a narrow lead over the also right-wing Salvador Nasrallawho claims to be a victim of “fraud.”
“The people attended and participated bravely and decisively at the polls, but we lived through a process marked by threats, coercion, TREP manipulation (preliminary results system) and adulteration of the popular will,” Castro said during a public event in the town of Catacamas.
“These actions constitute an ongoing electoral coup that we are going to denounce” in international bodies, added the president in her first statement after the elections, marked by delays in counting as a result of successive computer failures.
The candidate of the left-wing ruling party, Rixi Moncadawho He also reported a “fraud” He was in a distant third place among the leaders.
Castro added that the election results “are vitiated by nullity” from the campaign itself.
“I condemn the interference of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, when he threatened the Honduran people that, if they gave the vote to a brave and patriotic candidate from the Libre party, Rixi Moncada, they would have consequences,” said the ruler.
