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Congress's administrative office archived a citizen petition seeking to impeach members of Congress, ruling it failed to gather the required minimum number of signatures.

Congress will include a runoff in electoral reforms only if lawmakers secure a supermajority of 86 votes; the electoral commission chair said the proposal will be unified with other ballot measures for a vote expected in October.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano said lawmakers have shared an electoral-reform proposal with all legislative blocs and will now seek the National Electoral Council's opinion before proceeding, aiming to speed up vote tabulation and boost citizen confidence in elections.

Congressman Marco Tulio Rodríguez (Liberal Party) said electrical-sector reforms should include legislation against energy theft and require public bidding rather than direct contracts, arguing that will prevent inflated costs and rigged deals for Hondurans.

The United Nations Development Program will present a package of electoral reforms to Congress on September 17, including a proposed second-round presidential vote, as lawmakers debate multiple competing reform proposals to restore public confidence in Honduras's election system.

Honduras's 41 Liberal Congress members have fractured over electricity-sector changes, with 32 negotiating a counteroffer to the government proposal while nine aligned with Salvador Nasralla maintain their opposition, fracturing what had been unified party resistance.

Lawmakers are intensifying negotiations to break a months-long deadlock over reforms to Honduras's electric power system, with legislators aiming to bring the bill to a final vote this week after incorporating opposition demands to protect state assets and reduce consumer costs.

Congress received a comprehensive bill on August 24 designed to prevent child sexual abuse, streamline reporting, and coordinate institutional response across Honduras, where officials report an average of 26 sexual assaults daily, 75% involving minors.

Negotiations over a sweeping overhaul of Honduras's electricity system have hit a standstill in Congress after the Liberal Party created additional review committees, delaying a final committee report and blocking a floor vote despite weeks of technical work with private generators and international experts.

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 National Congress has delayed debate on an energy-reform bill at the executive branch's request, deferring discussion until further notice to allow time for consensus-building.

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

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.

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.

Legal experts say a constitutional challenge filed by National Congress President Luis Redondo and the Permanent Commission to freeze the Public Ministry's investigation lacks merit and is designed to delay proceedings.

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.

Congress leadership and the Joint General Staff held talks to discuss proposed reforms to the Armed Forces constitutional law and review the Military Police's operational capacity, aiming to strengthen security efforts nationwide.

The Public Ministry filed charges against former Libre congressman Bartolo Fuentes for alleged assault against Kathia Crivelli, now vice minister of human rights, stemming from a May 2025 incident in Congress; an imputado hearing is set for August 14.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano called on the Liberal Party to submit its observations on a proposed reform to Honduras's electricity law, framing the modernization of the troubled state utility ENEE as urgent for all Hondurans, not just the governing party.

The Liberal Party congressional bloc will present next week an alternative proposal to reform Honduras's electric-industry law, conditioning their support on incorporating their technical observations drawn from successful regional models in Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.

More than 40 peasant, Indigenous, and popular organizations filed a citizen-initiated impeachment complaint against 16 lawmakers, including Congress President Tomás Zambrano, over Decree 107-2026, an agro-industrial law they say violates land rights and enables evictions of rural and Indigenous communities.

Congress president Tomás Zamrano signed an agreement joining the National Congress to the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral initiative aimed at strengthening transparency, accountability, and citizen participation.

Congressman Rumy Bueso said the Liberal caucus rejects the government's energy reforms, arguing they weaken state utility ENEE, and will introduce a counterproposal to strengthen the public company without privatization.

Congress will deduct one day's salary from at least 12 members of the National, Liberal, and Libre parties who failed to attend a July 23 session without justification; the funds will go to schools and health centers.

Congress has reactivated L100,000 (about $4,000) per-legislator social-aid funds under a new oversight framework where lawmakers serve only as liaisons, with an anti-corruption council helping draft accountability rules.

Former election officials have proposed roughly 70 amendments to Honduras's electoral law, including a presidential runoff requiring constitutional reform, a ban on leaves of absence for election council members, and measures to combat disinformation in campaigns.

Ronald Panchamé, head of the Libre congressional bloc, announced the party will present a counterproposal to the government's electric-sector reform bill currently under discussion.

The Liberal Party introduced a counterproposal for electricity-sector reform that would restructure ENEE using state-controlled public companies instead of private commercial entities, aiming to strengthen operational efficiency while maintaining state control.

Honduras sold its presidential aircraft for just over $5 million — roughly $9 million less than a previous Nationalist administration paid for it — prompting Libre opposition lawmakers to question the process while the current government says the sale was conducted transparently and proceeds will fund social projects.

At least 10 members of the Liberal Party in Congress oppose proposed counterreforms to the state power utility ENEE, signaling internal party division on energy policy.