The candidate claims that Araujo does not meet the notorious morality requirement required by the Constitution.
The lawyer and candidate of our Time, Bertha Maria DeLeon filed a lawsuit against the candidacy of Walter Araujo, of New Ideas, because the Supreme Electoral Court had not yet ruled on the appeal previously filed by her.
“I consider that the magistrates who enrolled Walter did not properly assess Article 126 of the Constitution which regulates the requirements for being a deputy and which establishes as one of the requirements notorious honesty,” he said.
The lawyer announced that he filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Chamber of the CSJ because, in his opinion, the candidate of New Ideas does not meet one of the requirements established by the Constitution, so he requests the annulment Application.
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He also explained that his demand is based on the criterion maintained by the Constitutional Court on one of the parameters for assessing this requirement.
“The Chamber has said that one of these is, whether or not the person complies with court decisions, then I am basing my argument that since July 2020 the specialized judge for a life free of violence for women has he granted protection measures, which constitutes judicial measures and he is obliged to comply with them, but he has not complied with them because he continues to attack me on twitter and he always mentions and harasses me, ”he denounced.
In the afternoon, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) magistrate Guillermo Wellman stated that the nullity appeals filed against the candidate for deputy for New Ideas, Walter Araujo, were still under study and were pending a decision in respect, but at night Magistrate Noel Orellana said the challenge did not proceed.
“In Mr. Araujo’s case the appeals are under study, whether they are resolved or not, I can’t tell you anything else,” Magistrate Guillermo Wellman said, hinting that the registration had been by three votes and not four, the which is inappropriate.
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Magistrate Wellman based his position on this case based on Article 64 of the Electoral Code as the literal “A” number 5 of that article states that it corresponds to the TSE by agreement by a qualified majority of magistrates or magistrates, to know and resolve all kinds of action, exception and petition.
The magistrate stressed that the application for registration is a petition and an action carried out by the political parties in court, so it is resolved with four votes.
The presiding magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Dora Esmeralda de Barahona stated that the TSE has not yet notified the registration of Araujo to the parties in the process, and referring to De León’s lawsuit stated ” she as a lawyer has her own perception and it will be the relevant instances that resolve on this “.