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Honduras's Constitutional Court unanimously granted former National Electoral Council adviser Cossette López a legal challenge and ordered the closure of a criminal investigation into her post-election conduct, which had alleged treason, prevarication, and abuse of authority.

Congress approved reforms allowing the CNE and Electoral Court to continue operating under temporary leadership while vacancies from impeachments remain unfilled.

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.

Electoral council members Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López presented a 2,000-page report alleging that the 2025 election faced institutional pressure from the military and prosecutors, counting obstruction, and threats including arrest warrants against them, while asserting no fraud occurred.

Congress appointed Eduardo Fuentes and Aixa Zelaya as interim members of the National Electoral Council (CNE) to replace Cossette López and Ana Paola Hall, who took diplomatic posts abroad, amid opposition lawmakers' protests that the substitutions lack legal standing.

Ana Paola Hall and Cossette López, councillors of Honduras's National Electoral Council, have requested a one-year leave beginning July 1, requiring Congress to appoint temporary replacements from a previous pool of vetted candidates.