The sanction is issued for the alleged violation of Section 70 of the Political Parties Act, which prohibits the use of national symbols when converting propaganda.
The Supreme Electoral Court ordered the suspension of a New Ideas party commercial, in view of an alleged violation of Section 70 (d) of the Political Parties Act, which prohibits the use of national symbols in advertising or election propaganda .
Likewise, the TSE has ordered the initiation of an ex officio sanction procedure and has ordered precautionary measures for the New Ideas party and its representatives.
The spot where the resolution was released was posted on Twitter by Mr. Xavier Zablah Bukele, president and legal representative of Nuevas Ideas. The national flag is used in it.
“For the time being it is noted that the content of the video is intended to influence the intention to gain electoral support for the political party New Ideas and uses patriotic symbols,” the TSE said in the February 2, 2021 order.
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The electoral authority states that failure to order the suspension of the broadcast or broadcast of the video could be a violation of “the guarantee of free elections and the principle of fairness in the competition”.
It adds that electoral propaganda “by containing an element prohibited by law may have an improper effect on the fairness of the election contest and the regularity of the process”, for which an administrative sanctions procedure is launched ex officio and to the Attorney General of the Republic, which guarantees the legality of the process, to also monitor compliance with the precautionary measures imposed by the court.
Within the measures, Xavier Zablah Bukele is instructed to remove the spot from his Twitter account, as well as the New Ideas party to refrain from using national symbols in its election propaganda and to broadcast the broadcast on any television channel, cable signal or digital medium. that guides it.
The TSE also asks the Presidency of the Republic for a detailed report on, among other things, the production of the spot, the rental and the broadcast period. It also orders the media to send a message about compliance with this resolution during the same period.
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