Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras began this Tuesday the counting of the acts of the primary elections that held on Sunday three political parties, has reported the president of the entity, Ana Paola Hall, who indicated that the process it will be the “most transparent in history” in the country.
“The process of opening (electoral) suitcases and the corresponding scan is being started in these minutes, which will later go to the scrutiny stage,” Hall said at a press conference, accompanied by Councilor Rixi Montcada.
The counting of the acts began two days before the primary elections held by the National parties, in power; Freedom and Refoundation (Free, first force of opposition), i Liberal, Monday.
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Hall noted that the CNE guarantees “the transparency of the final scrutiny and the officialization of the results, a task that we will complete successfully, in time and form.”
The transmission of preliminary election results in recent years has only “created uncertainty”, so the electoral body declared the award process to companies for this purpose void, because “the necessary guarantees of reliability and transparency required, ”he explained.
MORE TRANSPARENCY IN SCRUTINY
“We have opted for greater transparency and set aside the rush to make statements that only left in doubt respect for the will of the Honduran people,” stressed Hall, who made a “strong call for responsibility” of the aspirants. in charge of popular election.
He further said that it is “absolutely forbidden for any leader of political parties to interfere in the processes of opening suitcases, extracting and scanning acts, which are in the custody of Council, as well as ballot papers, which will be the object of an audit process “.
Hall stated that the stage of the scrutiny that began today “is the sole responsibility of the National Electoral Council and the interference of political leaders in the areas is prohibited. designated for such work “.
“There are no secrets here, we will not allow dark performances either, everyone will have access to see what is happening,” the official added, reaffirming her “greater commitment to the homeland, democracy and the people.”
This electoral process “is the most transparent, free and fair of the last twelve years,” said Hall, who denounced that the Internet service at the main center was cut off. from the CNE in Tegucigalpa and sabotaged several election kits.
PROCESS WILL BE SLOW, BUT TRANSPARENT
For her part, the councilor Rixi Moncada, he called for “calm and common sense” in the population awaiting the results of the primary elections, which are not mandatory.
“The process will be slow, but safe, without rural votes and without adulterations,” said Montcada, who attributed the delay in the transmission of results to technical problems.
He added that election councilors “do not accept pressure, we will do everything by taking biosecurity measures and respecting the times that the law gives us “.
“It is difficult to resist a change of paradigms, the law does not oblige us to give immediate results,” said Montcada, who also called on pre-candidates to “calm down.”
“Slowly but surely, with accesss for all, will have the results in the measure that go out “, has delimited the counselor, of affiliation to the Free party.