Magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) were summoned this morning to the Legislative Assembly of the Electoral Affairs committee for the analysis of the use of technology at the table after the simulation run Sunday.
Opposition deputies were forceful in their statements this Monday after the simulation conducted by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in which some flaws were discovered this must be corrected before 28 February.
However, the government insists on not using technology on the table, arguing that the process will not be reliable, but ARENA’s deputies René Portillo Cuadra; and Rodolfo Parker, of the PDC, read again about statements by the president of the TSE, Dora Esmeralda Martínez, who suggested it is better to manually track the number of votes.
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“The fact that the exercise was not completed yesterday (Sunday) does not mean that fraud was committed. The only ones talking about fraud right now are those who see themselves as losers and defeated, ”said Portillo Cuadra.
Parker, for his part, explained that then it was agreed to put technology on the table where all parties were present and even the government, no one protested, so he believes that if the manual process goes through there will be no more counting sheets quickly, nor with the paper written on it and there are copies for each party representation, and that there are no longer the minimum elements to return to the manual part.
Do you distrust your JRVs? Do you distrust your vigilantes? From your central bosses? From your supervisors Where fraud can take place is in the JRV, but if you don’t realize it, your party (GANA) also has a representative in each JRV. Only the losers who don’t get the numbers speak of fraud, ” said deputy Cristina Cornejo of the FMLN.
Cornejo added that it is clear that while Nuevas Ideas may become the largest legislative group in the Assembly after February 28, they will not have the results they are waiting for, “therefore they must generate an earlier fraud issue,” said the MP. . deputy.
The official New Ideas party played a leading role in an atmosphere of tension at the end of the first national exercise held by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Sunday.
At the end of the test of the preliminary results transmission system for the elections, the TSE held a press conference and at the end of the interrogation phase, the representative of the New Ideas Party Surveillance Board took the floor abruptly to explain the logical fraud. to question. the TSE, as has been seen that GANA and President Bukele do.
TSE magistrates explain the use of technology at the table for elections
On Monday morning, the TSE magistrates came to the Legislative Assembly of the Election Affairs Committee to explain the use of technology at the table on election day.
So far, the Court has trained the people who will be on the Vote Receiving Boards (JRV) to use the technological equipment. The TSE is preparing to use a modern technological system for recording the preliminary control to be implemented in the JRVs.
Magistrate Noel Orellana, who was questioned days ago in this regard, explained that despite the criticism and mistrust that may arise as this is the first time this system is being implemented, this technology will ensure greater transparency and brevity to the decision. of citizens. adapt to implement technology, I think we will never be able to catch up and we will be obsolete, ”he said.
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According to the court, the intention is to use the technological material so that the members of the JRV can conduct the preliminary investigation after 5 p.m. when the election time by the voters ends.
Each JRV is provided with a technology box containing a laptop, a specific charger, an HDMI cable (to connect the laptop to the projector that will be used for the counting) and a scanner.