Honduras to review electoral results

(Vatican Radio) Honduras' Supreme Electoral Tribunal is agreeing to review the results of the country's Presidential Election. James Blears has the latest.


Runner up Xiomara Castro, who's the candidate of the Libre Party, has registered an official complaint. She's alledging widespread fraud in the November 24th Presidential Election.
Her husband Manuel Zelaya was ousted from the Presidency in 2009 by a military coup.
They led a huge but peaceful protest rally, which marched through the Capitol Tegucigalpa on Sunday.

A week after the elections, when all the counting was complete, ruling National Party Candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez emerged as the winner by eight percentage points.

Tribunal President David Matamoras states that Libre can be permitted to review the electoral record, but he's not agreed to a full recount. Matamoras did however stress: " If there's doubt, and the possibility of resolving that, we'll do it."

The process is already underway, in an atmosphere of uncertainty, disagreement and finger pointing.

For Vatican Radio...James Blears reporting.