SANT PERE SULA.
Of the 117 deputies belonging to the three political parties, National, freedom and Refoundation (Free) and Liberal, which will hold primary elections on March 14, 91 are seeking re-election, equivalent to 78%.
Of the above, 46 out of 61 deputies are from the National party, 26 of 30 belong to free and 19 of 26 in ‘ Liberal Party.
In the case of the remaining 26 legislators, the reasons for leaving their curule are diverse.
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Some like Ángel Darío Banegas (PL) and Maurici Oliva (PN) are presidential candidates. Others seek to be the mayors of their respective municipalities, as is the case with the liberal Bader Dip in La Ceiba and the nationalists David Chávez and Juan Diego Zelaya in the Honduran capital.
Also the musician and deputy for Yoro, Pompilio “Pilo” Tejeda seeks to be the mayor of Progress in the movement of the liberal pre-candidate Luis Zelaya.
Like Ronnie McNab Thompson, deputy of Islands of the Bay, that aspires to be the candidate of the mayorship of Roatán by the current of Yani Rosenthal.
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On the other hand, the sampedrano Leo Castelló is one of the presidential appointees of Maurici Oliva, and the copaneco Joan Carles Elvir accompanies in this position to the liberal Yani Rosenthal.
Maria Luisa Borjas, deputy of Free by Francisco Morazán, is part of the presidential appointees of the pre-candidate Wilfredo Méndez.
Meanwhile, Rodolfo “Fito” Aniries Navas, a nationalist deputy for Atlantis, announced his retirement from politics after occupying a curule since 1982; that is, the beginning of the new democratic era.
In August last year, Francisco Pau, a congressman from Paradise for the Freedom and Refoundation party, died of covid-19. A month later, in September, the nationalist deputy José María Martínez, from Comayagua, died after a fight against neck cancer.
Meanwhile, former Liberal MP Fredy Nájera is facing justice in the United States, where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking offenses. Óscar Armando Martínez, who was Nájera’s substitute and currently takes his place, if he goes again as a candidate for deputy for the Yanista Movement.
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data 128 Deputies and their deputies. Number of people occupying a curule in the National Congress. In the March 14 election, 91 of them are seeking re-election to office. 869 Bills. They were presented during the 2020 legislature, an atypical year because of the pandemic and because parliamentary sessions have been held virtually. 1825 Origin of the National Congress. In that year the first territorial demarcation was decreed and on December 11 later the first Constitution of the country was issued, according to historical archives. |
There are 11 lawmakers belonging to five political institutes who are not going to the next 14 primary elections. They are Mario Noè Villafranca (UD), congratulated Ávila (DC), Osman Chávez (PAC), as well as Doris Gutiérrez, Luis Redondo, David Reyes and Tomás Ramírez (Pinu), and Karen Dinora Ortega, Bernardo Enrique Medina, Denis Castro and Dunia Ortiz (Patriotic Alliance).
In the case of Mario Noè Vilafranca he aspires to the municipal mayorship of the Central District by the current the Hope of Honduras, that heads the liberal precandidate Banegas.
Another re-election
With her pre-candidacy, Martha Concepción Figueroa de Guevara seeks to get her eighth re-election as a nationalist deputy for Santa Bárbara. Do6na Chonita, as they know near and correligionarios circles, began its race in the Legislative Power in 1990, during the government of Rafael Leonardo Callejas (QEDP).
Also in that same year the nationalists began their race like deputies Jose Celín Discua Elvir, by the Paradise, and Oscar Ramon Nájera, by Columbus.
For 18 years, the nationalist Rolando Dubón Bueso has represented Copán, and Milton de Jesús Port Oseguera, in Yoro.
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In 2006 the liberal parliamentarians José Alfredo Saavedra Pau, for the Valley, entered for the first time; Mario Edgardo Segura Aroca, for El Paradís, and Carlos Alfredo Lara Watson, for Choluteca. In addition, the nationalists Oswaldo Ramos Soto and Antonio César Rivera Carrerons, both by Francisco Morazán.
In 2010, National Party deputies Alberto Chedrani, Welsy Vásquez, Yaudet Burbara, Elden Vásquez, Gladis Aurora López, Miguel Edgardo Martínez were elected for the first time. Also the liberal Yury Sabas, of Choluteca.
Of the 46 re-election deputies of National Party, 30 are of the movement Unity and Hope, that postulates to the Presidency to Nasry Asfura. The remaining 16 are from the current Junts Podem, headed by the current president of the Legislature, Maurici Oliva.
In the case of the Freedom and Refoundation Party (Free), the majority of deputies who aspire to continue in Parliament are part of the currents Som +, FRP, PER and M-28. Only Manuel de Jesús Mejía does it for Honduras Lliure, by the pre-candidate Wilfredo Méndez.
In the Liberal Party, of the 19 deputies who go for re-election, nine do so for the Yanista current, eight for Recover Honduras (Luis Zelaya) and two for The Hope of Honduras (Darío Banegas).
Some resources. Initiatives such as the Observatory of Power seek to educate the Honduran population about the functioning of the legislature to allow a rapprochement and a better relationship between the people and the officials of the CN.
From the online portal elobservatoriodelpoder.com, users can consult information of interest to each member of the 2018-2022 period, in addition to being able to make an x-ray and evaluation of the management of each of the parliamentarians.
Also, at the end of each legislature, the Democracy Without Borders Foundation (FDsF) and the Honduras External Debt Social Forum (Fosdeh) analyze through a public investigation the legislative production.