“We will never recognize elections built on trickery, sleight of hand and outright deception,” presidential hopeful Rixi Moncada told hundreds of Liberty and Refoundation (Libre) supporters Saturday, announcing a new phase of nationwide protests against what the party calls a U.S.-backed “electoral coup.”
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Addressing an extraordinary party assembly in Siguatepeque, Comayagua, Moncada said Libre has already filed motions to annul the 30 November vote in its entirety and challenged all 19,000 polling station tallies, citing a hacked preliminary-results system, doctored tally sheets and a barrage of coercive messages that warned voters: “If you choose Rixi, your remittances will stop.”
“We stand with every Honduran—those who voted for us and those who were black-mailed, threatened and besieged into voting against us,” she declared. “With them, we will be in the streets. Soon, you’ll see us there.”
Flanked by party coordinator and former President Manuel Zelaya, Moncada vowed to exhaust every legal avenue “with dignity and heads held high,” while acknowledging the uphill battle inside a judiciary she described as “a snake that bites the barefoot, cowering in its chambers, terrified of imperial power.”
“If the people are strong outside, we can still hope for justice inside,” she added. “But if we are divided and disorganized, the courts will only grow more hostile.”
The candidate repeated accusations that Donald Trump openly intervened in the race, threatening “consequences” should Libre win, endorsing right-wing National Party hopeful Nasry Asfura and securing the release of convicted drug-trafficking ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández from a U.S. federal prison.
“Imperial mafia, national mafia and organized crime joined forces,” Moncada charged. “They didn’t just steal the election—they freed the capo. The people are judging that double standard.”
Chants of “Out with the traitors!” and “Out with the ‘raccoons’!”—slang for vote-buyers—punctuated her speech, as she closed with the battle cry that has echoed since the 2009 coup: “Unity and organization—no fear!”
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