![]() ![]() "It is unfortunate that the US government has not joined the OAS secretary general and others in calling for this solution. "Calls for a new, free, and fair election with credible guarantees and an independent electoral authority have been justified beyond a reasonable doubt," Weisbrot said. En 2019, era 5.300.000 (hectáreas de superficie quemada) en 2020 ha sido 5.200.000 aproximadamente en 2021 hemos reducido bastante: 4.200.000 hectáreas, y en. El plazo de preselección de candidatos bajó de 80 a 60 días. The TSE is headed by David Matamoros Batson, a former executive secretary and former congressman for the ruling National Party. 2 hours ago &0183 &32 Con ella se acortan los tiempos para que la Asamblea y el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) cumplan sus tareas. In addition, the partisan composition of the TSE has added to the suspicions of many Hondurans. "Deliberate human intrusions in the computer system, intentional elimination of digital traces, the impossibility of knowing the number of opportunities in which the system was violated, pouches of votes open or lacking votes, the extreme statistical improbability with respect to participation levels within the same department, recently printed ballots and additional irregularities, added to the narrow difference of votes between the two most voted candidates, make it impossible to determine with the necessary certainty the winner." "… the electoral process was characterized by irregularities and deficiencies, with very low technical quality and lacking integrity. Irfan Nooruddin of Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, prepared for the OAS, found that the sharp change in voting trends following the TSE's mysterious system failure was improbable: "differences are too large to be generated by chance and are not easily explicable, raising doubts as to the veracity of the overall result."Īlmagro called for new elections in a December 17 press statement, saying: ![]() The results contradicted earlier public statements by one of the TSE magistrates, Marcos Ramiro Lobo Rosales, that 70 percent of tallies had been counted, and that Nasralla had an insurmountable lead.Īn analysis of the vote tabulation by Dr. 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. Congratulations to the Bolivian pueblo for a peaceful election.Declaration by OAS Secretary General, Public Demonstrations Signal Ongoing Distrust in Official Results Please click here to download the full report.Ĭamila Zapata Besso and Steven Galliver-Andrew submitting their final report to the TSE's president, Dr Ballivián. Between them they have a significant amount of election observation experience for organisations including OSCE4 and the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office across countries including Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey and Cambodia, as well as specific experience of Latin American human rights issues (including the rights of indigenous peoples). They were a small team of two independent international human rights lawyers from Garden Court Chambers, London. The electorate were tasked with selecting a President, a Vice President, and a Legislative Assembly made up of 130 Deputies and 36 Senators.Ĭamila Zapata Besso & Steven Galliver-Andrew were invited to attend the 2020 Bolivian General Election as international observers by the Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia (Tribunal SupremoĮlectoral de Bolivia – “TSE”). The General Elections of Bolivia were held on 18 October 2020 following the annulment of elections held on 20 October 2019. ![]()
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