Tegucigalpa [Honduras], December 25 (ANI): Conservative candidate Nasry Asfura has won the presidential elections in Honduras, the country’s election council said, as reported by Al Jazeera.
According to the Consejo Nacional Electoral, Honduras’ electoral authority, Asfura secured 40.3 percent of the vote in the closely contested polls, defeating center-right Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, who received 39.5 percent.
Al Jazeera reported that Asfura was backed by US President Donald Trump. In a social media post following the results, Asfura said, “Honduras: I am prepared to govern. I will not fail you.”
Trump had supported Asfura during the campaign, while criticizing Nasralla and left-wing candidate Rixi Moncada, who finished with 20 percent of the vote.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Asfura on his victory, saying Washington, DC, looks forward to working with him. “The people of Honduras have spoken: Nasry Asfura is Honduras’ next president. The United States congratulates President-Elect @titoasfura @papialaordenh and looks forward to working with his administration to advance prosperity and security in our hemisphere,” Rubio said in a post on X.
In a separate statement, Rubio urged all parties to respect the confirmed election results. “The United States congratulates President-Elect Nasry Asfura of Honduras on his clear electoral victory, confirmed by Honduras’ National Electoral Council. We look forward to working with his incoming administration to advance our bilateral and regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen the economic ties between our two countries,” he said, adding that a peaceful transition of power should be ensured.
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau also congratulated Asfura, posting on X, “Congratulations to President-elect Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura and the great people of Honduras on a successful and hard-fought election. The US looks forward to working closely with the new Asfura administration.”
Earlier this month, Trump also pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a member of Asfura’s National Party, who had been serving a sentence in the United States in a drug trafficking case, according to Al Jazeera.
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