![]() ![]() The TSE system then mysteriously went offline for over 30 hours, and when it returned, the voting trends sharply reversed, eroding Nasralla's lead until Hernández ended up with a 1.7-percentage-point lead over Nasralla, with all tally sheets counted. The TSE's initial count of 57 percent of tally sheets on election night showed a five-point lead for opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla. "This election has little credibility, either among most Hondurans, or internationally at this point." "It is now clear to the experts who have looked at the results that there is no statistically plausible explanation for the sudden and drastic shift in the vote count that took place after the majority of votes were counted," Weisbrot said. A statement by Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro also noted an "extreme statistical improbability" ― with regard to variation of participation levels within departments ― as a factor that "make it impossible to determine the winner with the necessary certainty." Washington, DC ― Honduras' electoral authority, the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), has declared incumbent president Juan Orlando Hernández of the National Party the winner of the November 26 presidential elections, despite a statistical near-impossibility of such an outcome, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said today. Declaration by OAS Secretary General, Public Demonstrations Signal Ongoing Distrust in Official Results ![]()
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