Opposition calls for re
Salvador Nasralla
Family and friends gather around the coffin containing the remains of his sister Kimberly Dayana Fonseca  19  in Tegucigalpa  Honduras  Saturday  Dec. 2  2017. As the electoral count entered its sixth day Saturday  Fonseca was shot to death at  a protest supporting opposition presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla  by gunmen in two vehicles who witnesses say were police. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
Both incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his rival  television personality  Salvador Nasralla   have claimed victory in last Sundayâs vote  which the opposition says was filled with irregularities. Clashes between protesters and troops have left at least one person â and perhaps as many as a half-dozen â dead.
âI have asked them to repeat the elections  but only those for the presidency  with the aim of resolving the crisis that Honduras is suffering â  Nasralla  told The Associated Press. âI am sure the people would vote for meâ in the re-vote.
But he said the new election âwould be under the supervision of an international electoral tribunal  not the local one  because there arenât sufficient conditions to guaranteeâ the vote would be fair. Asked what response he got from the government to the proposal   Nasralla  said âthey havenât responded and I donât think they will.â
Hondurasâ national police force said a 19-year-old woman was shot to death overnight at a protest supporting  Nasralla  by gunmen who witnesses say were police.
The protests were reminiscent of the 2009 coup that ousted former President Manuel Zelaya  whose Libre party is part of the coalition led by  Nasralla  that formed in a bid to unseat Hernandez.
Hernandez held a lead of more than 46 000 votes over  Nasralla  before the last-stage count. It was not immediately clear how many votes could be at play in the uncounted boxes. The count has been essentially frozen because Nasrallaâs representatives say far more ballot boxes should be examined.
Mistrust mounted amid strange delays in the vote count and the sudden reversal of Nasrallaâs early lead. Both  Nasralla  and Hernandez have declared themselves the winner.
Family and friends gather around the coffin containing the remains of his sister Kimberly Dayana Fonseca  19  in Tegucigalpa  Honduras  Saturday  Dec. 2  2017. As the electoral count entered its sixth day Saturday  Fonseca was shot to death at  [TGT] by gunmen in two vehicles who witnesses say were police. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
Both incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his rival  television personality   [TGT]    have claimed victory in last Sundayâs vote  which the opposition says was filled with irregularities. Clashes between protesters and troops have left at least one person â and perhaps as many as a half-dozen â dead.
âI have asked them to repeat the elections  but only those for the presidency  with the aim of resolving the crisis that Honduras is suffering â   [TGT] told The Associated Press. âI am sure the people would vote for meâ in the re-vote.
But  [TGT]  said the new election âwould be under the supervision of an international electoral tribunal  not the local one  because there arenât sufficient conditions to guaranteeâ the vote would be fair. Asked what response  [TGT]  got from the government to the proposal    [TGT] said âthey havenât responded and I donât think they will.â
Hondurasâ national police force said a 19-year-old woman was shot to death overnight at a protest supporting  Nasralla  by gunmen who witnesses say were police.
The protests were reminiscent of the 2009 coup that ousted former President Manuel Zelaya  whose Libre party is part of the coalition led by  Nasralla  that formed in a bid to unseat Hernandez.
Hernandez held a lead of more than 46 000 votes over   [TGT] before the last-stage count. It was not immediately clear how many votes could be at play in the uncounted boxes. The count has been essentially frozen because Nasrallaâs representatives say far more ballot boxes should be examined.
Mistrust mounted amid strange delays in the vote count and the sudden reversal of Nasrallaâs early lead. Both  Nasralla  and Hernandez have declared themselves the winner.