Aixa Zelaya Named to Lead Electoral Council

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 5, 2026 · Originally reported July 4, 2026 by HCH

Lawyer Aixa Gabriela Zelaya Gómez has taken over as president of Honduras's National Electoral Council (CNE) after Congress named her an interim council member under Decree 135-2026.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

Also reported by: Radio América Honduras

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