Employees and citizens of the capital are demonstrating peacefully near City Hall in support of Tegucigalpa Mayor Jorge Aldana, who is running for reelection under the Libre party in the November 2025 general elections.

The charismatic mayor went to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) on January 15 to demand that the 435 ballots (representing more than 100,000 votes) that have not yet been counted be added to the tally in the race for the city council with the largest number of voters in this Central American country.

In his appeal for protection of constitutional rights, he formally requested the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) to suspend the challenged action so that a review could be conducted of the polling stations that, according to his complaint, were not included in the final vote count.

Speaking to reporters, Aldana stated that this appeal represents the last legal avenue at the national level to challenge the election results and “seek justice.”

He remembered that for 50 days he appealed to the National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Electoral Court of Justice (TJE), bodies controlled by the right-wing National and Liberal parties, to request a full recount of the ballots.

“We’re only asking for the votes to be counted to ensure certainty and legitimacy,” stated the councilman, whose appeals to the TJE were dismissed by the magistrates representing the so-called two-party system (Nationalists and Liberals).

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