Pepe Lobo dominates Honduras elections
Zelaya said he was a "friend" of Lobo, but with very large political differences
Diario Libre
TEGUCIGALPA. The large rancher, Porfirio (Pepe) Lobo, of the National Party, in the opposition to Manuel Zelaya, loomed last night as the virtual winner of the Honduran presidential elections.
According to the preliminary numbers offered by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Lobo had received 620,304 votes (59%) and his closest opponent, Elvin Santos, of the Liberal Party (Zelaya's party) had 422,535 votes (31.7%).
The reports indicated that the elections went off in apparent calm, although there were some clashes between the police and Zelaya followers in San Pedro Sula, the nation's economic capital in the North. Zelaya said last night that he was a personal friend of the virtual winner of the elections, Porfirio Lobo, but he said that they were separated by "very large political differences", and he avoided saying anything about the victory until he had "the correct information." The media in Honduras said that the elections appeared to be the most attended elections ever.
Meanwhile the OAS said that it would analyze the elections at their 4 December meeting.
According to the preliminary numbers offered by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Lobo had received 620,304 votes (59%) and his closest opponent, Elvin Santos, of the Liberal Party (Zelaya's party) had 422,535 votes (31.7%).
The reports indicated that the elections went off in apparent calm, although there were some clashes between the police and Zelaya followers in San Pedro Sula, the nation's economic capital in the North. Zelaya said last night that he was a personal friend of the virtual winner of the elections, Porfirio Lobo, but he said that they were separated by "very large political differences", and he avoided saying anything about the victory until he had "the correct information." The media in Honduras said that the elections appeared to be the most attended elections ever.
Meanwhile the OAS said that it would analyze the elections at their 4 December meeting.
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