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Honduran leftist cries fraud, demands presidential recount
[Pak Daily Times] Leftist candidate Xiomara Castro said she did not recognise the results of Honduras's presidential election, demanding a recount and charging fraud."Our position is irreversible: so long as we are not allowed to enter the Supreme Electoral Tribunal's (computer) system, we are not going to accept the result announced by the TSE," said Castro, wife of toppled ex-president Manuel Zelaya. Her words came just moments after her party called a peaceful mass protest for Sunday against "electoral fraud" it says cheated her out of the presidency. "All members of the (Libre party) are summoned to rally outside Francisco Morazan teachers' University on Sunday, December 1 at 0800... against the electoral fraud perpetrated in Honduras by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal," the party said in a statement online. Castro vowed earlier to deliver proof of the fraud she claims is aimed at keeping her from becoming Honduras's first woman president. The electoral authorities called Sunday's election in favor of her conservative rival Juan Orlando Hernandez. "We all know that in this process, there were major irregularities, that fraud was committed," said Castro. Her husband Zelaya was ousted in a military-backed coup just four years ago after his politics veered to the left. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-01 |
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