Magistrate Noel Orellana said they are waiting for the submission of New Ideas who will be the person who will replace Araujo’s candidacy.
“We have already notified the New Ideas party (that Walter Araujo’s candidacy should be replaced) and we are waiting for the replacement of his photo on the ballot paper and in the box that corresponded to him,” de Morgen announced. Thursday on. magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Noel Orellana, in an interview with YSUCA radio.
According to the magistrate, on Wednesday, they officially learned of the resolution of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (CSJ) ordering them to immediately replace Walter Araujo’s candidacy for deputy for New Ideas (NI). the same day we decided that the replacement would take place within 5 days. “
Orellana explained the legal process that NI must follow for this replacement, which is already enshrined in the Political Party Law.
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“Once the internal elections have been held, no further changes may be made to the lists of candidates for elected offices, except in cases where the elect do not meet the requirements of the Constitution or the Electoral Code, due to the resignation of the candidate in writing or by In cases of force majeure, he will be replaced by the person with the highest number of votes in descending order ”, states Article 37-L, replacement apparatus.
In this sense, Orellana stated that when they held their internal elections, there were candidates who were in box 25 who no longer had the right to participate because they only competed for 24 hours, ‘in this case at the TSE we call the ladder , the one who was at 23 becomes 22 and so on, the moves are made in the different boxes ”.
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Likewise, Magistrate Orellana confirmed that the TSE has already prepared the ballots to elect alternates to the Legislative Assembly from 13 wards, only those corresponding to San Salvador are pending as they are pending completion of the 5 days for NI to send whoever he wants be the person who will replace Araujo.
He added that the preparation of the ballots for the election of candidates for the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) has already been completed. In the meantime, ballots are being drawn up for the 262 municipal councils to be elected.
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