TEGUCIGALPA.
The next day developed the primary elections and without official results from the National Electoral Council (CNE) there are allegations of alleged sabotage to the internal system for counting votes.
Yesterday morning, from inside the wineries of the CNE, Which are located at Vocational Training Institute (INFOP), it was reported that one of the main internet cables was cut as well as the theft of a computer center hard drive.
Sala Ana Paola, Councilor of the CNE. |
Faced with this, staff of the National Commissioner for Human Rights (CONADEH) arrived on the scene to deal with the complaint.
Ricardo López, manager of ombudsmen CONADEH, Has indicated that after inspecting the site and talking to the authorities they corroborated that no hard drive was stolen, what happened was that a hard drive was identified with a malfunction.
“The technical advisor on technology issues of the CNE he told us that what happened is that there is a hard drive that has a fault and that it is being checked to see if it was damaged or has any anomalies “, explained the manager of the CONADEH.
As for the cut of the cable, it was verified that it was cut, so that technical staff of the CNE proceeded to replace him. “The cable is directed to the scanner of the main entrance through which the electoral bags will pass so that the review of the acts is done,” he detailed.
Ricardo López, CONADEH. |
He added that the CNE start with investigations to determine if someone cut the cord with any intention of damaging the vote counting process or was accidental.
During the press conference, the president of the CNE, Ana Paola Hall, has indicated that in addition to the cable cut they have had other difficulties in developing the electoral process.
“They cut our wires, they made things extremely difficult for us. From the moment they were assembled suitcases there were no ink boxes here, they hid electoral kits from us, we had to suffer both setbacks “, said the councilor, without mentioning the names of those who carried out these actions.
Atmosphere
The population remains uncertain due to the lack of official results. Supporters and pre-candidates from the contested parties arrived at the INFOP wineries yesterday to demand that results be given as soon as possible.
Tony García, pre-candidate for deputy for the Som + movement of the Free Party, said that the lack of planning on the part of the authorities has the population under control. “Several candidates are declaring themselves winners, there is chaos, and this is the product of one CNE that he did not think and did not see this situation coming “, he said. Yesterday they returned to the cellars of the CNE the electoral suitcases of Santa Bárbara and Intibucá.