Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, Former President of Honduras (2006-2009) and coordinator of the Freedom and Refoundation Party (Free) considered this Friday the number of votes obtained by the political institution in internal elections as “goal exceeded”.
free, Who competed in presidential seats with 4 presidential candidates (Wilfredo Méndez, Nelson Ávila, Xiomara Castro, Carlos Eduardo Reina), obtained in the last report the 505,616 votes, with 804 acts still to scrutinize.
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The advantage of Xiomara Castro, wife of Zelaya and also pre-candidate to 2013 i 2017 (Although he relinquished his candidacy to Salvador Nasralla in general elections) is irreversible, with a 78% of the preference of the voters of free.
The former president stressed that they planned to exceed three months ago 400,000 votes and therefore their historical record in primary elections. National party, Meanwhile, has surpassed one million votes and the FreeI go 758,000.
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However, challenges to alleged anomalies in the election process have splashed free: Multiple pre-candidates for the presidency, mayors and provincial councils consider that they suffered treacherous practices of established candidates within the movements.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) has confirmed that the challenges will be assessed in the relevant instances. The facilities have been attended, even in a row, by pre-candidates who consider that acts have been adulterated.
CNE will formalize primary election winners on April 13, Almost 1 month after the primary election, on March 14, in an atypical day in the history of the country, due to the rise of the coronavirus pandemic.