TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.-Amid controversy over the delay of the National Electoral Council (CNE) to divulge results of the primary elections, held last Sunday, March 14, this Friday the trends are tilted towards the pre-candidate of the Yanista Movement, Yani Rosenthal.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) has already issued the third ballot and at the discretion of the Liberal aspirant who was imprisoned in the United States, accused of money laundering, the trends “will continue.”
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Yani, with a total of 148,075 votes in his favor, is ahead by 66,095 marks to Luis Zelaya, who claims they are “inflated ballot boxes.”
As of March 19, the CNE has counted a total of 309,086 votes from the Liberal Party, of which 272,102 are valid votes, 14,977 are null and 22,007 are blank.
Unions and fights
After the official results of the first results of the CNE, Darío Banegas decided to join Luis Zelaya to demand transparency in the process.
“What has the CNE done in these polls that we do not know what acts they are? Until yesterday (Thursday) they gave us the password to enter the repository of acts and this cut they have shown is inclined in the departments of Copán, Yoro, Lempira, Thank God and Santa Barbara, ”Zelaya questioned during a press conference he gave this Friday.
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Zelaya claimed that most of the electoral acts had been adulterated, wanting to hide that his liberal movement won the March 14 primary elections.
“These inflated ballot boxes of 900 (or) 1000 votes, when the electoral load was 400, we will not accept them. This is only a preamble to what will be in November,” he stressed.
Race
The questioned Honduran businessman Yani Rosenthal, who pleaded guilty to money laundering in the United States and returned to the country after serving his sentence, wants to “fight corruption and drug trafficking” through his candidacy.
The lawyer by profession, is originally from the industrial city of San Pedro Sula, where his family – which was one of the richest in Central America – lived with all the comforts thanks to the empire forged by his father, the extinct Jaume Rosenthal.
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He studied at the International School (bilingual). He graduated from National University as a lawyer. He later became a notary.
He then began his struggle in the Liberal Party, where he has campaigned 12 times to be in power.
“This is my 13th campaign within the Liberal Party, between interns and generals,” he explained in an interview with THE HERALD.
Today, Yani is shaping up to be the next Liberal candidate for the presidency of Honduras.
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