Honduras court confirms Hernandez presidency

(Vatican Radio) Honduras' Supreme Electoral Tribunal has confirmed Juan Orlando Hernandez as the winner of the Presidential Election and the next President, in spite of protests from the main runner up. James Blears reports.


It's official. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Honduras has declared Juan Orlando Hernandez of the ruling National Party the winner of last month's Presidential Election. He won with 36.9 percent of the vote. Xiomara Castro of the Libre Party, was second with 28.8 percent.


A former President of Congress, Hernandez starts his four year term as President of the country, on January 27th.


However, Xiomara Castro who's the Wife of Manuel Zelaya, the desposed President in a 2009 coup, doesn't accept the result of this Election. She and her husband are claiming widespread fraud and demanding the whole thing must be scrapped.


The Organization of American States the OAS is urging Honduras to rally behind the winner, but divisons run deep in the Western Hemisphere's second poorest nation, which has the highest murder rate in the World, largely due to organized crime syndicates.

For Vatican Radio....James Blears reporting.