Marlon Ochoa, one of the three councillors of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras, denounced this Sunday that the other two councillors who make up the plenary rejected his proposal to carry out a “vote-by-vote” count of all the minutes of the presidential formula and decided to limit the count to 5.6%.
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“Public complaint: I proposed in the plenary session to carry out the vote-by-vote counting of the presidential level at 19,167 JRV before the scandalous documented inconsistencies,” said Ochoa on the social network X.
According to Ochoa, at the plenary session Ana Paola Hall (president) and Cossette López “decided by majority to carry out the special counting of only 1,081 minutes (5.6% of the total number of minutes)”, a determination that, he warned, compromises the credibility of the final result.
Denuncia pública: propuse en sesión de Pleno realizar el conteo voto por voto del nivel presidencial en las 19,167 JRV ante las escandalosas inconsistencias documentadas. Tal como advertí, las Consejeras decidieron por mayoría únicamente realizar el escrutinio especial en 1,081…
— Marlon (@MarlonOchoaHN) December 14, 2025
“If the CNE is not willing to verify everything, it is not in a position to ask the people to trust blindly in the result,” said Ochoa, representing the ruling Freedom and Refoundation Party, which “does not recognize” the results of the elections.
Ochoa demands a more thorough review of the presidential minutes due to alarming inconsistencies. The initial proposal only reviews 1,081 acts, a minimum fraction compared to 19,167 issued.
A total of 17,036 minutes have irregularities, including 14,073 with differences in biometric data and 1,882 with errors of form and substance, such as lack of signatures or errors in the results, demonstrating possible problems of identity of voters, validity of the disorder or manipulation.
Marlon Ochoa emphasized that restricting the special counting to a minimal fraction of the observed acts would compromise electoral transparency. Ochoa considers that a partial revision is insufficient and would only legitimize an outcome tainted by errors and irregularities.
Therefore, it urges the CNE to carry out an ex officio special count of all presidential acts observed, thus defending the popular will and seeking to defuse the crisis of confidence in Honduran electoral institutions.
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