"The National Congress approved a legislative decree ordering the National Electoral Council to count the votes and tally sheets from the November 30 elections. The measure was passed with the participation of only 69 pro-government lawmakers and their allies. Castro supported the initiative and argued that electoral authorities had unjustifiably refused to scrutinize 4,774 tally sheets, representing the votes of 1,558,689 citizens."
"I order that the transition and transfer of power be organized to the de facto government declared by the National Electoral Council [CNE] and the Electoral Court, which failed to count more than a million votes at all three levels of the electoral process, said Castro, who claimed that Asfura's victory stems from a monstrous electoral fraud."
"This omission usurps popular sovereignty by disregarding, without legal cause, the votes of Hondurans who went to the polls, and constitutes a serious violation of the Constitution of the Republic, which I am obligated to uphold and defend, said Castro."
Xiomara Castro ordered the start of the transition of power to conservative Nasry Asfura, declared the winner of the November presidential election after a protracted recount. Castro alleged monstrous electoral fraud and said electoral authorities failed to count 4,774 tally sheets representing 1,558,689 votes. The Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) demanded a new count and described the outcome as an electoral coup. The National Congress passed a decree directing the electoral council to count the ballots with only 69 pro-government lawmakers and allies supporting the measure. The ruling party had initially refused to recognize Asfura, whose campaign received U.S. backing.
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