Honduras

Honduras: Ruling Party Calls for Election Annulment

Did systematic fraud steal the election through manipulated systems, or are losers manufacturing conspiracy theories?

Published DEC 8 2025

Honduras: Ruling Party Calls for Election Annulment

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Above: Libre presidential candidate Rixi Moncada speaks during a press conference in Tegucigalpa on Dec. 7, 2025. Image credit: Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images

The Facts

Rixi Moncada, the presidential candidate for Honduras' ruling party leftist Libertad y Refundación (Libre), called for the annulment of the election on Sunday, citing alleged irregularities in the Preliminary Electoral Results Transmission System and interference from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Diario Tiempo de Honduras
Orinoco Tribune
The Associated Press
This comes as the Libre representative in the cross-party National Electoral Council claimed that the source code of the TREP system had been breached. Two other officials confirmed technical issues in vote counting, but denied modifications in the source code.
Anadolu Ajansı
EFE Noticias
France24.com
Mercopress
The count, which had been frozen over the weekend due to the reported technical problems, resumed on Monday morning. With 88% of the tally sheets processed, Nasry Asfura leads with 40.19% of the vote — less than 20,000 votes more than Salvador Nasralla. Moncada is in third place with 19.30%.
EFE Noticias
HCH Televisión Digital
Reuters
Trump endorsed Asfura, a former mayor and lawmaker running for the National Party, before the election, while claiming that Liberal Party candidate Nasralla, who previously served as vice president under current President Xiomara Castro, was a "borderline communist."
Breitbart
The New York Times
On Saturday, the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission in Honduras called "for the tallying process to be expedited while guaranteeing traceability measures," noting that a marked lack of expertise in technological solutions has caused delays and interruptions.
OAS
Millions of Hondurans headed peacefully to the polls on Nov. 30 to elect who will lead the country for the next four-year term, but reporting of the results has been chaotic. Libre has announced strikes and protests and instructed its officials not to accept the current electoral process.
Diario Tiempo de Honduras
Reuters
Al Jazeera

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The Spin

Narrative A

The Manuel Zelaya regime is desperately trying to annul an election they lost decisively, and it's no surprise that his puppet Salvador Nasralla is effectively collaborating with Libre as his candidacy was meant only to split opposition votes. Candidates must refrain from promoting conspiracy theories and accept certified results. The will of the people deserves respect.

Emmanuel Rincón on X

Roger Stone on X

Narrative B

This is no paranoia. The silence of international and domestic election observers regarding the outrageous Trump interference in Honduras' presidential vote and suspicious technical issues delaying results do suggest another electoral fraud to the benefit of the National Party, similar to what happened in the 2017 presidential vote. Honduras' democracy and sovereignty will be further undermined if these altered results are confirmed.

Salvador Nasralla on X