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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Gustavo Palencia

Rival Honduran lawmakers back different congressional heads in dispute with next president

Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro greets supporters outside the Honduran congress in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 23, 2022. REUTERS/Fredy Rodriguez

Honduran lawmakers in rival alliances backed two different people as congressional president on Sunday amid disputes between President-elect Xiomara Castro and dissident members of her party, warning of a new political crisis in the poverty-stricken Central American nation.

Lawmakers from Castro's leftist Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) and two other parties appointed a member of their caucus as president of Congress on Friday, breaking an agreement to appoint a lawmaker from the Partido Salvador de Honduras (PSH), an ally that helped Castro claim victory.

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