00:00In other topics, the Honduran government will appoint as ambassadors to the Organization of American State, OAS, and Spain the
00:09Electoral Council members who declared Nasrías Fura the winner in the general elections at the end of last year, which
00:15were widely considered fraudulent.
00:18Gerardo Torres-Elaya reports from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He has the details. Let's see.
00:23The Honduran government has completely dismantled the National Electoral Council that coordinated the general elections of November 30.
00:31Marlon Ochoa, the representative of the Libre Party, was removed through infringement proceedings and is currently in exile.
00:39Meanwhile, Cosette Lopez, council member of the National Party, and Ana Paola Hall, council member of the Liberal Party, have
00:46been granted special leave and appointed as ambassadors of the new government to the OAS and the Kingdom of Spain,
00:53respectively.
00:55I see it when the mafia regards Hiden who did a good job.
01:02This comparison isn't an exaggeration. Ana Paola Hall and Cosette Lopez, who represent two of the parties that committed this
01:11massive fraud in the last elections, are being given positions, I said,
01:18to protect them from the public outcry, from the public scrutiny, and also to keep them in reserve for the
01:27next episode.
01:30Not finishing the vote count, not having control of how many people actually vote, not investigating the irregularities that were
01:41committed.
01:44It seems to be coming the new norm, not only in Honduras, but throughout Latin America.
01:52Marco Ramiro Lobo is currently a congressman, but in 2017 he was a member of the National Electoral Council.
02:00And like Marlon Ochoa, this time he was the only one who dared to denounce a scandalous fraud that distorted
02:06the election results,
02:07and forcibly declared a national party candidate, the winner on both occasions.
02:12Realmente, it's truly unacceptable that the people who held positions in electoral bodies,
02:18electorales, hoy, are now part of a government that imposes rule fraud that has clearly known
02:25that a fraud to the Honduran people.
02:29The appointment violates the electoral law, which stipulates that no electoral councillor may hold a public office
02:35until five years after leaving their position in the electoral apparatus.
02:39This further undermines the already weakened democratic system in Honduras.
02:44We must complete a bureau electoral system.
02:47We have a practical exhaustive system that no longer meets current needs.
02:54We need a profound reform with need to review issues such as the second round voting,
03:01the possibility of separating congressional elections from presidential elections,
03:07and identify a new approach to the structure of electoral bodies and polling stations
03:14that will allow us to adapt to the current historical moment in our country.
03:22The embassies to which Cosette López and the Paola Hall have been appointed are of its strategic importance to the
03:28country.
03:29The OAS played a nefarious role in the fraud endorsing it.
03:33Spain is the second most popular destination for Honduran migrants,
03:37with almost half a million Hondurans living there.
03:39Both embassies manage important cooperation programs that will now be overseen by the councillors.
03:46Reporting for Telesur in English from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Gerardo Torres Zelaya.
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