Washington, Dec 2 (EFE). - U.S. President Donald Trump warned this Monday of possible consequences if Honduras 'alters' the results of the presidential elections held on November 30, and urged the country's electoral authorities to resume the vote count, which was halted the night of the election.
In a message posted on his official Truth Social account, Trump stated that 'Honduras is trying to change the results' and maintained that 'there will be consequences' if this occurs.
The former head of state pointed out that the count was abruptly stopped at midnight, when the National Electoral Council (CNE) had tallied 47% of the ballots.
According to Trump, up to the time of the cutoff, the scrutiny showed a tight race between candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla, with Asfura holding a lead of just 500 votes.
The former president insisted that 'hundreds of thousands of Hondurans must have their votes counted.'
The Republican leader stressed that it is 'imperative' that the CNE complete the process and stated that the will expressed by the voters 'in overwhelming numbers' must be respected.
'Democracy must prevail!', he added.
Preliminary counts show a technical tie between conservative Nasry Asfura (National Party, 39.91%) – publicly backed by Trump – and Salvador Nasralla (Liberal Party, 39.89%), with the former leading by just 515 votes after 57.03% of the ballots were scrutinized, in a slow process with few changes throughout the day.
'The result of the voting is a punishment from citizens who feel betrayed by the unfulfilled promises of Libre that I cannot say openly,' a source close to the Executive who requested anonymity told EFE, who also considers that the presidential candidate Rixi Moncada 'had little acceptance from the party's base from the beginning'.
