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Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura It was declared this Wednesday virtual president-elect of Honduras 24 days after the November 30 elections, which have been punctuated by “fraud” complaints since before the voting, threats against two electoral counselors and the alleged “interference” by US President Donald Trump.
“Papi a la Orden,” as Asfura is known, a former mayor of Tegucigalpa and standard bearer of the conservative National Party, won the 40.26% of the votes and narrowly won over Salvador Nasralla, from the also conservative Liberal Party who added 39.54%, with 99.93% of the minutes scrutinized, according to data from the website of the National Electoral Council (CNE).
The CNE virtually announced the declaration of the official results that gave the victory to Asfura due to the impossibility of doing so from the organization’s headquarters on national radio and television, due to the marked differences between the counselors Ana Paola Hall (president) and Cossette López, representatives of the Liberal and National parties, respectively, with the official counselor Marlon Ochoa, who on Tuesday denounced that a “electoral coup d’état.”
According to the CNE statement, the candidate of the ruling Freedom and Refoundation Party (Free, left), Rixi Moncada, came in third with 19.19%, who in advance reiterated that she did not accept the results of the elections, held peacefully and civically on November 30.
“I do not accept the declaration issued by the National Electoral Council because “does not reflect the complete truth of the citizen vote”Nasralla also said this Wednesday, ruling out calling for street mobilization or confrontation, and announced that he will defend “voting through legal, civic and peaceful means until the truth is completely known,” without giving more details.
Congratulations from governments and the EU
Following the declaration of the CNE, which was delayed by a slow special scrutiny of 2,792 electoral records with inconsistencies that began five days late on the 18th, Asfura has already received congratulatory messages from several countries and international organizations.
From Washington, in a statement, the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, congratulated Asfura, urging “all parties to respect the confirmed results so that the Honduran authorities can promptly ensure a peaceful transition of power to the elected president.”
Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and the Dominican Republic, They issued a statement in which they congratulated Asfura as “elected president of the Republic of Honduras after the elections held on November 30.”
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, celebrated Asfura’s triumph and said that it is “a resounding defeat of narcosocialism and a clear sign that freedom is once again imposed in Honduras.”
The European Union joined in congratulating Asfura and expressed its commitment and interest in working with its Administration in pursuit of “common priorities to deepen” bilateral ties.
For its part, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) expressed that it “takes note of the declaration of results of the National Electoral Council” of Honduras, which established Asfura as the virtual president-elect of the country.
In a message in X, the OAS Secretariat “regrets that the total count of the votes cast has not yet been completed for citizens” on election day on November 30, and also expresses “its willingness to collaborate with the State of Honduras to support a peaceful transfer of power in accordance with the law, in the best interest of the Honduran people.”
After learning of the CNE statement, Asfura noted on social networks: “Honduras, I am prepared to govern. I will not fail you.”