Libre’s presidential candidate, Rixi Moncada, issued an “urgent call to all our members, youth, grassroots and union organizations, and the dignified people in resistance, to mobilize en masse to the capital” in defense of Honduran democracy.

In a message posted on her social media account, X, Moncada warned of the “desperation and arrogance of the coup-mongering bipartisanship,” which seeks to impose a “fraudulent system” for transmitting preliminary election results (TREP) in the upcoming elections.

The ruling party presidential candidate denounced that this TREP model, promoted by representatives of the two-party system (Nacional and Liberal parties) within the National Electoral Council, is similar to the one implemented in the disputed general elections of 2013 and 2017.

For Libre, the two right-wing groups, in a desperate attempt to control and manipulate the outcome of the upcoming election, are seeking to incorporate human intervention into the preliminary release of the vote count, with the aim of deciding the publication of the tally sheets based on their interests.

Moncada recalled that, in the past, such frauds—even pointed out by the Organization of American States—were accompanied by violent repression, which led to the brutal murder of young Hondurans, she emphasized.

She insisted that the people must remain vigilant and ready to take to the streets if the electoral system does not offer guarantees of transparency and respect for the vote.

Through the social network itself, the general coordinator of Libre and former president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, called the organization’s top leadership to an “urgent and virtual” meeting this Monday, with the aim of closing ranks in support of candidate Moncada.

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