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Honduras opposition’s bid to annul president’s re-election rejected
TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 6, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Election officials in Honduras on
Friday rejected the opposition’s appeal demanding the annulment of President
Juan Orlando Hernandez’s re-election, which it lodged over claims of voter
fraud.
The country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), in a statement, cited a
lack of evidence and dubbed the opposition’s actions “groundless.”
Election officials declared Hernandez the victor after he narrowly
defeated leftist opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla in the November 26
vote.
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