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Five small political parties—Anticorrupción, ORDEN, Liberación Democrática de Honduras, Alianza Patriótica, and Vamos Honduras—petitioned Congress's Electoral Affairs Commission to restore their ability to compete in elections and gain representation on vote-counting boards.

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Wagner Vallecillo, called on civil-society watchdog Carlos Hernández to present evidence to authorities backing recent claims that businesspeople and investors pay to secure preferential case outcomes in the courts.

Congressman Godofredo Fajardo plans to introduce legislation to increase pay for entry-level National Police officers and guarantee benefits, following meetings with Security Minister Gerson Velásquez.

A congressman from the Liberal Party proposed designating the football field in La Isla neighborhood, La Ceiba, as a cultural heritage site to recognize its historical significance to the community.

Congress passed a reform to the Economic Reactivation Law establishing a temporary settlement mechanism to resolve pending claims by dismissed Family Guides against the state, allowing negotiated payment agreements.

The Public Ministry has reactivated a complaint filed by former President Manuel Zelaya against two retired military officers who in 2018 labeled the so-called Comandos Insurreccionales de Libre as terrorist organizations during the political crisis that followed the 2017 elections.

Congress unanimously approved a tax exemption and contract to allow the National Registry to import 500,000 polycarbonate cards needed to issue national identity documents (DNI) to Hondurans over 18.

Former General Roosevelt Hernández's lawyers asked the court to move his initial hearing, scheduled for September 1, to the Supreme Court building, citing the large number of parties, victims, and media expected to attend.

Joel Ramos, the former transport coordinator for the National Electoral Council, voluntarily appeared in court for an arraignment hearing as part of judicial investigations into irregularities and logistical failures during the primary election.

Mayors and lawmakers aligned with the Liberal Party are preparing an alternative energy proposal that would keep the national power utility ENEE under state control, combat electricity theft and meter fraud (cited as over 90% of losses), and renegotiate rates with private generators.

Defense Minister Enrique Rodríguez Burchard signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to deepen military and security cooperation, aimed at strengthening Honduras's capabilities against organized crime.

Congress will hold an emergency session on August 19 with mayors from 75 municipalities under yellow alert to address crop losses, water shortages, and food-security risks, proposing immediate aid to farmers, potable water, food assistance, and investment mechanisms.

The president of the Supreme Court said an ex-judge accused of extortion will not be reinstated despite potential appellate rulings, and must undergo administrative review by the Judicial Career Council.

Congress president Tomás Zambrano announced that lawmakers will formally introduce next week a bill to strengthen the National Electoral Council (CNE) by clarifying its powers and functions to prevent institutional paralysis caused by members' absences or withdrawals during elections.

The Property Institute and government unveiled a plan to strengthen municipal cadastral centers nationwide, aiming to improve land management and make property registration and related services more accessible to citizens across Honduras.

Honduras's Liquidation Commission says it is wrapping up the closure of nine public institutions—including the Planning Ministry, the Cinematography Directorate, and the Institute of Historical Memory—with asset transfers, severance payments, and creditor settlements nearly finished by August.

Honduras's Supreme Court president said the judiciary remains committed to dialogue with Garífuna representatives and OFRANEH over implementing international court rulings on indigenous land rights, after both groups did not attend a scheduled meeting Friday.

Congressman Yuri Sabas criticized the government's energy-reform bill for lacking substantive changes, warning that ENEE could become as hollowed-out as the failed state telecom Hondutel despite holding valuable assets like major dams.

A Liberal Party congresswoman introduced an electoral-reform bill that would hold presidential elections and congressional–municipal elections on separate dates.

An internal investigation into Honduras's judiciary is examining whether a former secretary general improperly influenced the assignment of appeals courts handling high-impact cases, including one against former Deputy Nelson Márquez, now a vice minister.

The Tegucigalpa municipal government and national police carried out an operation to clear sidewalks on Third Avenue in Comayagüela of street vendors and informal merchants, aiming to restore pedestrian access and ensure buses use the right lane only.

More than half of the Liberal Party's congressional members oppose energy-sector reforms being pushed by the party's legislative leader, Jorge Cálix, with lawmakers citing concerns that the proposal lacks popular support and needs deeper analysis.

Former Attorney General Johel Zelaya confirmed the Constitutional Court unanimously admitted his legal challenge to his removal through congressional impeachment, and said he will pursue the case at international human-rights bodies including the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights if domestic remedies fail.

Honduras's Results Management Directorate (DIGER) and the Supreme Court of Accounts (TSC) have signed a cooperation agreement to establish rules and procedures for implementing advanced digital signatures in government, part of a broader digital transformation of public-resource management.

The Liberal Party caucus presented a counterproposal to the government's energy-reform law, saying it includes legal safeguards and structural guarantees to benefit Hondurans while preventing what lawmakers call privatization risks to state utility ENEE.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Marlina Dubón issued a dissenting vote in former military commander Romeo Vásquez Velásquez's appeal and publicly warned of selective justice in Honduras's judiciary, arguing that procedural law does not allow alternative measures for serious crimes such as murder.

Former Congress President Luis Redondo's legal team filed an injunction to block the swearing-in of a forensic expert commissioned to analyze videos of a National Congress session on January 8, 2026, in a public ministry investigation into former Permanent Commission members.

An investigation into former Congress President Luis Redondo and members of the Permanent Commission moves forward Friday with a court hearing to swear in an expert witness to analyze a disputed January 8 session.

Members of OFRANEH and Garífuna communities intensified protests in Tegucigalpa by blocking a major road near the Supreme Court, demanding the dismissal of criminal cases against five land-rights defenders from San Juan, Tela.

Honduras's Constitutional Court accepted a legal challenge filed by former attorney general Johel Zelaya against the congressional decree that removed him from office in a political trial, though the court declined to suspend the removal while the case proceeds.