Dec 18, 2017 call for fresh honduras election after president juan orlando hernandez wins. Honduras presidential candidates chosen during 2017 primary elections president juan orlando hernandez, luis zelaya, and former first lady xiomara castro tegucigalpa the first official results of the primaries held in honduras today show the electoral trend that would happen in the general elections of november, once the presidential. A new president of honduras to serve a fouryear term starting january 27, 2010 128 members to serve a fouryear term in the national congress. These primary elections are not compulsory, nor paid for by the state the electoral high court of honduras regulates this process, and the national register of the people is an organism of. Decreto legislativo 0022019 ratificacion reformas electorales. The institution charged with administering the electoral process in honduras is the tribunal supremo electoral supreme electoral tribunal, or tse. Nov 30, 2017 honduras is teetering on the brink of its worst political crisis since the 2009 military coup after the beleaguered electoral commission failed for the fourth day to declare a winner in the. Presidents and mayors are elected by a simple majority. Following the invitation by the honduran authorities, the european union has deployed an election observation mission eom to honduras to observe the presidential, legislative, municipal and parlacen central american parliament elections, due to take place on 26 november. November 18 primary elections frequently asked questions page 1 of 8 what type of electoral system does honduras operate under. The president and the presidential designates must be honduran by birth, more than thirty years old, and enjoy the rights of. In honduras, protests erupt in wake of presidential. Hondurass constitution of 1982 with amendments through 2012.
As protests and repression continues and threatens to explode in honduras, one question is whether washington and the oas will issue token criticisms and make a moot point of the 2017 electoral coup as they did the military coup in 2009. On election day, 16,094 mers were set up at over 5,000 voting sites throughout the country. An electoral coup attempt is underway in honduras honduras is in crisis as results from the last sundays contested elections have been delayed, sparking protests which claimed the lives of. Most demonstrations are concentrated inaround city centers, public buildings, and other public areas. Organization of american states calls for redo of honduras. European union election observation mission honduras 2017. Public demonstrations, protests, and strikes are common. As the november 24, 20 general elections approach in honduras, a discussion of human rights violations surrounding the electoral process is paramount in understanding the historical and political context in which the elections will take place. Tegucigalpa, honduras tensions are high in honduras as the outcome of sundays presidential elections lurched into uncertainty in the final leg of the longdelayed vote count opposition.
Primary elections in honduras, are mechanisms by means of which the political parties of the country choose their presidential candidates, held during the third year in office of the current government. First, the expansion of the national congress from 82 to 4 seats in 1985 constituted a significant change in constituency magnitude. Honduras begins vote recount in unresolved election cnn. Actions undertaken by the government of honduras and the supreme electoral tribunal tse for the general elections of 20 4 both of these parties formed a political alliance and have proposed a single candidate.
Congressional deputies are elected under an openlist proportional representation system. Report of the national lawyers guild delegation to the. The president is elected along with three presidential designates who essentially function as vice presidents for fouryear terms of office beginning on january 27. Call for fresh honduras election after president juan. It is an independent, autonomous body in charge of calling, organizing and regulating elections. Report of the national lawyers guild delegation to the november 20 election in honduras april 1, 2014 national lawyers guild 2 nassau street, room 922. Organization of american states calls for redo of honduras elections after controversial results the honduran people deserve an electoral exercise that offers democratic quality and. He said it had presided over the most transparent electoral process ever seen in honduras. Hondurass constitution of 1982 with amendments through. The supreme electoral tribunal tse is the institution responsible for elections in honduras. Antigovernment protesters, angry over the disputed presidential election, blocked a road on the outskirts of tegucigalpa, honduras, last. Honduran president to begin second term after controversial election huge protests are expected during the inauguration of honduran president juan orlando hernandez.
David matamoros is a member of hernandezs party and head of the countrys electoral tribunal. Call for fresh honduras election after president juan orlando. In the national congress congreso nacional 128 members are elected through an openlist proportional representation system to serve 4year terms. Honduras 1, 2 and 3 are counted as separate electoral systems for two reasons.
For nearly the next two decades, honduran electoral democracy would be consolidated, and institutional reforms were carried out in the military, police, judicial system, and the electoral process. Reforma electoral en guatemala konradadenauerstiftung. The 128 members of the national congress are elected by open list proportional representation from 18 multimember constituencies based on the departments ranging in size from one to 23 seats. General elections in honduras are held during the fourth year in office of the government, some months before finalising his mandate and a year after the primary elections that chose the presidential candidates of each political party. Honduras is teetering on the brink of its worst political crisis since the 2009 military coup after the beleaguered electoral commission failed for the fourth day to declare a winner in the. Calls for new election president juan orlando hernandez of honduras addressed his supporters in tegucigalpa this month. Actions undertaken by the government of honduras and the supreme electoral tribunal tse for the general elections of 20 4 both of these parties formed a. In them they renewed the headlines of the charges of popular election of the republic of honduras. The tse is comprised of three magistrates and one alternate elected to serve for a period of five years, with the possibility of reelection. Dec 18, 2017 organization of american states calls for redo of honduras elections after controversial results the honduran people deserve an electoral exercise that offers democratic quality and guarantees. What honduras election crisis reveals about latin america. Dec 18, 2017 in honduras, protests erupt in wake of presidential election results in honduras, police fire tear gas at protesters angered that incumbent president juan orlando hernandez has been reelected. In honduras, protests erupt in wake of presidential election results in honduras, police fire tear gas at protesters angered that incumbent president. Dec 17, 2017 honduran president declared winner, but o.