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Lobo
Claims Victory In Honduras Election
TEGUCIGALPA - Opposition
candidate Porfirio Lobo has claimed victory
in Honduras' presidential election on
Sunday.
Speaking to reporters as he celebrated with
supporters, Lobo said he would try to iron
out differences and establish a united and
stable new government to deliver on his
campaign promises.
Lobo thanked the people for their "votes and
trust," saying it is not time to "divide,
but to add and multiply."
"Tomorrow we will start the political
dialogue to make the nation's plan
concrete," which will not leave anybody
aside, "because we all are Hondurans," Lobo
said.
Official preliminary results showed Lobo had
gained 55.9 percent of the vote.
With more than 60 percent of the ballots
counted, Lobo had widened his lead over
archrival Elvin Santos from the ruling
Liberal Party, who garnered 38 percent, the
election authorities said citing preliminary
results.
Santos has conceded defeat.
Sunday's vote came five months after
President Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a
coup. Zelaya and his supporters have
boycotted the election.
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