Overview
- Polls show a virtual three-way tie among Rixi Moncada (LIBRE), Nasry Asfura (National Party) and Salvador Nasralla (Liberal Party) in a single-round election to choose President Xiomara Castro’s successor.
- The National Electoral Council has dispatched ballot materials nationwide under Armed Forces escort, which is permitted by law for transport operations.
- The Armed Forces requested copies of election-day tally sheets in a move Reuters reports would violate Honduran law, and the electoral authority rejected the request.
- Prosecutors opened an investigation into disputed audio recordings alleging a plot involving a National Party figure and a military officer, as the Attorney General’s Office accuses opposition parties of planning fraud and the opposition denies wrongdoing.
- The OAS and EU have sent observers, the U.S. has warned authorities to follow the constitution and pledged a swift response to any interference, and analysts caution that competing victory claims could trigger unrest.