According to the TSE magistrates, there are no candidacies in danger because the registration processes have already been completed, they are just waiting for the replacement of Walter Araujo.
The magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) point out that the time to appeal candidacies is over and also said they did not recognize the appeal of Labor Minister Rolando Castro against the candidacies of Ernesto Muyshondt and Roberto d ‘ . Aubuisson.
Magistrate Julio Olivo confirmed this Thursday that “the term of the inscription of the other forms has already been prescribed and any writing, that is, any source, is premature and therefore it is not allowed”.
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Olivo argued that the Electoral Code provides 24 hours after a form is registered to file the annulment action, and that if the 24 hours have already passed, it has no cause and could be seen as quite a propaganda issue.
In this regard, Magistrate Guillermo Wellman said he knew nothing about this source, “As an electoral judge I still don’t know about that situation, I know the media have said he is appealing, but as a collegiate still don’t know, I’m not sure if something has been submitted to the TSE or not ”.
Judge Wellman also recalled that when it comes to candidates for city councils, they should at least have been submitted to the Faculty Electoral Council (JED).
For her part, the presiding magistrate, Dora Esmeralda Barahona said that the law clarifies the time within which an appeal must be lodged in order to annul a candidacy, and denied knowing: “My person has not yet had the opportunity to submit the letter. te it is the request, the request will be analyzed and it will be resolved according to the corresponding law in the collegiate body ”.
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Regarding the registration of the candidates Ernesto Muyshondt and Roberto d’Aubuisson, the magistrate stated that they are already registered, “they have been registered, so far we have not had any previous appeal regarding the annulment of these people or challenge the inscription “.
When I asked Judge Noel Orellana if there is a candidacy in jeopardy, he replied: “No, at the TSE we have already completed registration procedures and are waiting for the replacement of Walter Araujo’s candidacy with the New Ideas party and we continue printing ballot papers in the department of San Salvador ”.