TEGUCIGALPA.
Amid controversy and the lack of a councilor to complete the plenary, the National Electoral Council (CNE) approved the use of special ballots so that about 500,000 Hondurans who were left out of the electoral census can vote this Sunday 14.
Sala Ana Paola, Councilor President of the CNE, Convened his colleagues Germán Llop and Rixi Montcada to discuss the issues of membership credentials in the Receiving polling stations (MER) and the mechanism to guarantee the right to vote, given that they were only four days away primary elections.
However, Deputy Director Wolf sent a letter to the CNE where he stated that he would not attend the session because, according to him, the printing of the additional notebooks had already been approved since Monday.
“I will not participate in the plenary session, as I cannot legitimize decisions on issues that are already consummated, of which I am unaware of their discussion,” said Llop.
Alejandro Martínez, secretary of the CNE, validated the opening of the plenary session with the two councilors based on Article 14 of the Special Law on the Selection and Appointment of Electoral Authorities, which dictates: “The CNE it must take its decisions in plenary sessions convened in advance or in those convened by mutual agreement, which require a quorum of the presence of the majority of its members, among whom must be the Chairman “.
Councilor Hall said that the problem where many Hondurans will not be able to vote is a national reality, and the same National Registry of Persons (RNP) acknowledged the problems before the electoral body.
Based on the inconsistencies found, the two councilors unanimously approved the special listings which recommended a solution to three affected groups.
the recommendations
the RNP recommended that for the 1.6 million citizens who had their home update done with the allocation of a new polling station and where about 350,000 the problem was not solved, the CNE draw up an additional list with the polling stations where they previously exercised suffrage.
In the case of the 54,000 citizens who for lack of biometric validation and other inconsistencies were not included in the new census, it was suggested to draw up an additional list with the information previously known so that they could vote.
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800 Communities filed complaints indicating that polling stations had changed or where many people would not be able to vote next Sunday. |
In the case of the 100,000 citizens who enlisted after 30 December 2020, they suggest an additional list to be considered by the CNE and may exercise suffrage.
Councilor Hall pointed out that if a solution was not taken yesterday, thousands of Hondurans had expressed that they would take a solution by drawing up blank lists so that people with problems could vote.
The full of CNE resolved to authorize the use of the additional list of voters to the parties that requested it (Liberal and Freedom and Refoundation) to guarantee the right to vote.
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23,880 ballot papers will be distributed by the CNE with the support of the Armed Forces over the next few days so that primary elections can take place. |
“Instructed the election directors to immediately order the printing of the notebooks and incorporate them into the suitcase, ”Hall said.
The National Party since last Monday noted that it was illegal to include special listings.
Kilvett Bertrand, executive secretary of the National Party, reacted via his Twitter account noting that the plenary between two magistrates who made the illegal decision was a “disaster” for democracy and transparency of the process.
In addition, Bertrand yesterday denounced Minister Montcada before the Public Ministry for abuse of authority over the issue of notebooks.
Antonio Rivera, a member of the National Party, expressed that they now want to cure with a notebook a problem they caused by not wanting to use the 2020 census.
“The political way out would be for each party to make the decision whether or not to use these booklets, what happens is that Free wants a person to vote up to four times, but we as a party will be with the normal booklet,” Rivera said. .
Election experts believe that the ballot papers can solve the problem and that each party decides whether to take them into account or not, but in all this controversy there are those responsible.
“For the short time remaining, the way out is for each party to be able to agree on a mechanism to ensure that the right to vote is respected,” said analyst Filadelf Martinez, who believes councilors should be fired for their incapacity.
“Of the evils, the lesser, that the notebooks“Even if you run the risk of fraud, but do not leave people out,” said Augusto Aguilar, former president of the Supreme Electoral Court.
Complaint to the RNP
The secretary of the CNE asked the National Congress to question the RNP commissioners for the “disasters” they have made in the enrollment process for obtaining the new certificate.
Martinez said that because of the RNP, el CNE he sought to resolve the disaster he caused by the inconsistencies of the enlistment.
“This shows that they didn’t have the ability to do the enlistment, and what makes me most angry is that none of them give a damn. In internal meetings they accepted their mistakes, but they publicly come out to say that everything is fine,” he said. said Martinez.
“I ask Congress to address the RNP for all this disaster they have left us with, ”he added.
And he concluded: “I ask the commissioners of the RNP that they give up if they do not have the capacity to do their job well. “
Distribution of suitcases
The presiding magistrate of the CNE and Titus Livi Moreno, head of the Joint Staff of the FF AA, gave the starting flag to the first convoy of route number one that transfers the electoral material to the first five departments, according to as set out in the election schedule.
In 53 trucks guarded by the FF AA 5,526 electoral suitcases were transferred by 1,346 polling stations of Atlantis, Yoro, Columbus, Copán and Ocotepeque.
The authorities of the CNE they confirmed that the ballot papers did not carry the special booklets, which will be printed in the coming days and distributed at all polling stations.
the CNE has until Saturday, March 13 to complete the distribution of ballot papers at the 5,691 polling stations enabled for this Sunday’s primary election.
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