The resolution of the Chamber leaves Araujo out of the February 28 parliamentary elections.
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (CSJ) ruled on Tuesday that Walter Araujo cannot be registered as a candidate for deputy for San Salvador by the New Ideas party.
The resolution also orders the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) not to display information or picture of the petitioner on the ballots, to prevent voters from making mistakes or confusion. Likewise, it must “take the necessary decisions and measures” so that the New Ideas Party fills the space for the San Salvador deputy candidate, who remains vacant as a result of the precautionary measure.
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“Take the following precaution: (i) Suspend the effects of the object of control so that Citizen Walter René Araujo Morales will not be able to hold the position of Deputy Owner of the Legislative Assembly for the San Salvador Territorial District or any other for the New Ideas party, any other political party or an impartial deputy, for the duration of this process, ”reads the resolution of the House, in response to a claim of unconstitutionality filed by citizen Bertha Deleón.
The attorney, also a deputy candidate for San Salvador from the Nuestro Tiempo Party, presented the claim of unconstitutionality for Araujo’s candidacy as she failed to meet the requirements of notorious fairness to run for public office, such as stipulated in Article 126 of the Constitution of the Republic, and that the TSE had not ruled on the challenge it had previously submitted.
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De León argued that registering Araujo also violates Articles 127 and 128 of the Constitution. With regard to the last articles in question, which determine who cannot be alternates because they are state contractors or other circumstances, the Court rejected these arguments. He admitted, however, that 126 was demanded, which relates to the candidate’s notorious lack of honor.