Congress will continue impeachment trial even if Marlon Ochoa does not appear

Tomas Zambranopresident of the National Congress, referred to the process of political trial promoted against the official Marlon Ochoawhile reiterating the support of the Legislature for the management of President Nasry Asfura.

Zambrano affirmed that the procedure does not respond to political motivations, but to a mechanism established in the Constitution. “This is not persecution, I have said it, this is not revenge, this is constitutional control over high officials that the Honduran people believe or believe and the deputies who act beyond the powers given to them by the Constitution itself and the law.”

The head of the Legislature explained that Ochoa was summoned to appear on Monday at 9:00 in the morning. If you do not appear, the process will continue as established.

“If he doesn’t come, The process continues, they are going to finish the hearings with the accused who arriveThen they will have documents, evidence, statements from witnesses who have requested space, they will prepare a report,” he explained.

He added that, once the report is completed, it will be presented to the full Congress. “I am going to call a session and we are going to summon Marlon Ochoa, Mario Morazán and all the senior officials denounced again to attend the plenary session.”

Zambrano highlighted that 91 deputies voted in favor of admitting the impeachment process, which, he noted, reflects legislative support for this process.

On another topic, the president of Congress responded to questions about the political leadership in the country and reiterated his support for the president. “

“The president is Tito Asfura and we from Congress, I have said, have a 100% commitment to supporting the management of Papi a la Orden’s government, because we are from the same party, but we are complementary,” said Zambrano and stressed that, despite the separation of powers, the National Congress will accompany the management of the Executive.

Regarding his management at the head of the Legislature, Zambrano pointed out that reforms aimed at transparency have been promoted. Through his account on the social network

Among the measures adopted, he mentioned the elimination of the Departmental Fund, considering that it was misused, as well as the suppression of the Permanent Commission. “Nine deputies cannot replace the voice of 128. That was not democracy, and we are not going to allow it anymore,” he published.

Likewise, he highlighted the unanimous approval of more than 180 infrastructure contracts, which represent an investment of more than 11.5 billion lempiras. According to him, these actions seek to generate employment and development in different communities in the country.

“This National Congress is not going to fail the Honduran people,” he concluded.