{"id":499767,"date":"2026-02-09T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/honduras-ends-escorts-and-sirens-officials-must-face-traffic-like-any-citizen\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:37:45","slug":"honduras-ends-escorts-and-sirens-officials-must-face-traffic-like-any-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/honduras-ends-escorts-and-sirens-officials-must-face-traffic-like-any-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras ends escorts and sirens: officials must face traffic like any citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"The President of Honduras Nasry Asfura<\/strong> has put an end to a privilege rooted in the daily life of the capital: public officials will no longer have police or military escorts<\/strong> in their daily circulation.\n\nFrom now on, ministers, deputy ministers, directors, and other authorities must face traffic like any citizen<\/strong>, organizing their schedules without relying on convoys or sirens that paralyze urban activity.\n\nAccording to Asfura himself, it is about restoring citizen confidence and reversing decades of abuses<\/strong> that have separated the rulers from everyday reality.\n\nThe change includes a symbolic decision by the president himself, who assured that he has requested a significant reduction in his official security<\/strong> and uses vehicles of his own private property.\n\n\n
We recommend reading:Israel and Honduras open \"a new chapter\" in their relations, says the Israeli ambassador in the country<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAsfura<\/strong> explained that, although he will reinforce his personal security, he will decide and finance those resources from his own pocket, not with state funds, as a way of showing consistency in terms of austerity. According to his statements, \u201cif austerity and responsibility are demanded of others, the example must start from the Presidency.\u201d<\/strong>\n\nThe president announced the measure after a direct meeting with the Minister of Security, Gerzon Vel\u00e1squez<\/strong>, where he ordered the suspension of the use of the National Police of Honduras and the Armed Forces for personal protection of officials<\/strong>. Asfura<\/strong> emphasized that the public force should \"be focused on protecting the population, combating crime and ensuring security in neighborhoods, colonies and roads, and not on facilitating the transfers of people with public positions.\"\n\nAmong the highlights, the president ordered the prohibition of the use of sirens and motorized escorts<\/strong>, except in justified circumstances. He affirmed that the habitual use of these devices is \u201coffensive\u201d to the inhabitants who face long hours of vehicular congestion every day.\n\nAsfura <\/strong> described these official practices as \"humiliating for the population,\" because they imply a \"message of superiority and disconnection from the reality of the majority of Hondurans.\"\n\nThe leader publicly acknowledged that the use of bodyguards and official vehicles for officials had become a habit, naturalized to the point of becoming a kind of acquired right.\n\nAccording to Asfura,<\/strong> this privilege was incompatible with a government that tries to manage public resources efficiently and transparently.\n\nThe elimination of these prerogatives responds, in part, to the criticisms of civil society organizations<\/strong>, entrepreneurs and citizens who have historically denounced not only the operational cost of mobilizing official convoys, but also the negative impact on circulation and the institutional image. In the president's opinion, initiatives like this are the first step to rebuild the relationship between the State and citizens.\n\nIn his statement, the Head of State wanted to make it clear that his administration does not promise immediate solutions or symbolic deadlines, and that many of the current road and urban management problems are due to \"decades of bad practices, wrong decisions and lack of planning<\/strong>.\"\n\nHe insisted that profound changes require time and perseverance, but decided to start with the elimination of privileges, which he hopes will become a standard for the exercise of public service.\n\n\n

Throughout his speech, Asfura<\/strong> emphasized that the state's money comes from the effort of taxpayers and that it is his responsibility to \u201censure that every lempira is well invested and generates visible results for the population.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also read:President Nasry Asfura announces a new anti-corruption law in Honduras<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nHe attributed the fact that \"in recent years a negative sentiment towards the political class has formed\" to the abuse of these systems and corruption. He emphasized the need to transform not only policies, but also the behaviors and attitudes of public servants.\n\nThe president concluded by urging the media, whom he urged to \"accompany this process with truthful and responsible information,\"<\/strong> and emphasized the importance of journalism in building an informed society and in overseeing the government's work \"especially in times of change.\"<\/strong>\n\nFrom the perspective of many Hondurans, the withdrawal of official convoys and sirens imposes a new \"ceiling\" on the expectations of coexistence between officials and the majority of the population. The announcement represents the beginning of a different phase in the perception and reality of power in Honduras, <\/strong>where the abolition of historical privileges projects a transformation in the link between rulers and the ruled.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The President of Honduras Nasry Asfura has put an end to a privilege rooted in the daily life of the capital: public officials will no longer have police or military escorts in their daily circulation. From now on, ministers, deputy ministers, directors, and other authorities must face traffic like any citizen, organizing their schedules without […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-499767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}