High
Abstention Confirmed Honduran Electoral
Court
TEGUCIGALPA - Figures from the Supreme
Electoral Court (TSE) released on Tuesday
confirm a high abstentionism in elections
held under the de facto regime in Honduras
on November 29.
According to TSE, the total number of votes,
including valid, blank and void, reached
2.30 million of an electoral roll of 4.60
million, which reflects an abstentionism of
50 percent.
The National Front against the Coup, with
delegates in all departments, said that the
index of absence reached 60-70 percent, the
highest in the history of the country.
They add to threats from business people to
workers to go to the polls, denunciations of
alterations in electoral suitcases,
manipulation of figures and other
irregularities.
Over 100 impugnations were filed by
candidates to posts of popular election.
However, TSE authorities said they have been
settled, while others were rejected for lack
of legal weight, Tiempo daily denounced.
The Supreme Electoral Court, which backed
the coup of June 28 against President Manuel
Zelaya, gave the triumph to Porfirio Lobo, a
candidate of the National Party, with 56.5
percent of the votes, followed by Elvin
Santos, from the Liberal Party, with 38
percent.
These elections were rejected by most Latin
American countries, which considered them
unlawful as they were sponsored by the same
authors of the coup and were not
internationally verified.
Meanwhile, the National Front against the
Coup, grouping unions, indigenous and rural
organizations, as well as progressive
politicians and representatives of other
sectors has called a national protest for
inauguration day, on January 27.
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