Three weeks after the November 30 presidential election in Honduras, conservative Nasry Asfura supported by Donald Trump won the vote, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced on Wednesday, December 24.
This 67-year-old businessman, son of Palestinian immigrants, won against television presenter Salvador Nasralla, also from the right, who demanded a large recount of the votes due to alleged irregularities
Nasry Asfura, of the National Party (PN), former mayor of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, was declared the winner with 40.3% of the vote, compared to 39.5% for Salvador Nasralla, according to the CNE. “Honduras: I am ready to govern”Mr. Asfura wrote in a message on X shortly after the results were published. “I will not disappoint you. »
The results were so close and the vote count so chaotic that nearly 15% of the tally sheets – which include hundreds of ballots – had to be reviewed manually in order to declare a winner.
Congratulations from Washington
The United States hailed the victory on Wednesday « claire » et « incontestable » of conservative Nasry Asfura, supported by President Donald Trump, in the presidential election in Honduras, calling on all parties “to respect the results”. “We look forward to working with his administration to advance our bilateral and regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen economic ties between our two countries.”declared the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, in a press release released almost simultaneously with the proclamation of the Honduran electoral authority.