Magistrate Julio Olivera accuses the president of the Court of “pulling the audit company he proposed”
The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) suspended a new New Ideas advertising spot in which magistrates Julio Olivera and Guillermo Wellman, representing the FMLN and SORRA respectively, were pointed out for wanting to forge a fraud for not supporting to an international audit proposed by the president of the body, Dora Esmeralda Martínez, who represents WIN.
In this regard, Olivera stated yesterday that the Court ordered the suspension of the commercial and stated that the accusation is “false”. “I deny this part. The president of the Court intended to force the magistrates to vote for a company that took off the sleeve of his shirt and is charging $ 19,000, almost wants to do it for free, violating the law of recruitment and acquisitions, because she herself has started to manage this audit “, Olivera declared in an informative conference.
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Martinez proposed this audit on Thursday, but Olivera and Wellman abstained from voting. “I want to inform the Salvadoran people that I did not get the necessary votes from the magistrates for the international system audit. However, I stand firm in seeking the alternatives needed to provide transparency and certainty of the results,” the presiding magistrate tweeted. Thursday.
Olivera contrasted yesterday by stating that he agreed with an external audit, but reported that the Government cut the $ 300,000 the Court had requested for this item. In fact, he has accused the President of the Court of wanting to hinder the current computer system.
“The problems generated in our information system were generated by the technicians she (Dora Esmeralda Martínez) hired. She intended to hinder our system, when we took them out (to the technicians) the system worked.
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The president’s proposal with that of WIN and NI not to use technology and the allegations of fraud that President Nayib Bukele is experiencing is striking, “the magistrate argued for the FMLN.
The TSE argues that the spot violates s. 179 paragraph 2 of the Electoral Code and art. 70 literal d of the Political Parties Act. The collegiate body also ordered an ex officio sanctioning procedure.
Art. 179 prohibits the use of symbolism, colors, slogans, marches, and images or photographs of candidates from other political parties or coalitions, as noted in the Electoral Code, while art. 70 prohibits the use of patriotic symbols in electoral propaganda.
In the resolution, the TSE ordered the New Ideas party to refrain from issuing, transmitting or disseminating election propaganda messages in which symbolism from other political parties or contending coalitions is used, as well as patriotic symbols. In addition to refraining from broadcasting the spot through social media.
The Court also ordered these national television channels to immediately suspend the broadcast of the spot.
