This mayoralty was won by Maurici Vilanova, from ARENA, by a difference of two votes. An electoral expert reported that the 42 acts of San Jose Guayabal entered the preliminary ballot, before the final ballot, as can be seen at the TSE monitoring site.
the National Civil Police (PNC) reported this Wednesday on the finding of 295 ballot papers in a house located in the corner of El Salitre, San Jose Guayabal, Cuscatlán.
According to the police report, during the inspection it was determined that 98 ballots correspond to Municipal Council and 103 to Deputies and 94 to Parlacen.
“The election material was sent to our Technical and Scientific Police Division, for its protection,” he detailed in the publication.
To this, sources from the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) said they had not found out about the finding yet, but reaffirmed the veracity of the data that is recorded in the final ballot and in turn explained which in his opinion may have happened.
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“We did the final scrutiny from the proceedings, which was in the original paper which is with security measures, which was transmitted via computer, in which there were representatives of the Prosecutor’s Office, of all political parties and they were the ones who worked the final scrutiny based on those acts, ”he exposed.
“What I would believe is that after that the distribution of the acts may have left the package with the ballots abandoned and that was what they found, but what they did, is that we have done this final scrutiny from the original acts that both the members of the political parties, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, etc. had, “he added.
The source has regretted the facts and said that it was probably the return of the ballots which was not carried out happily.
“Maybe someone voted for them along the way, here will be the Prosecutor’s Office who will investigate in this regard and the Police. I have no doubt about the veracity of the data that are recorded in the final scrutiny,” he concluded.
For his part, TSE magistrate Noel Orellana explained that he could not give an official position until they received the report from the relevant management.
“Knowing the case officially, we will give a position as TSE and in the case of criminal liability will be the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) which must deduce responsibilities that each case deserves,” he said.
However, Orellana considered that these acts were counted for the final scrutiny, because the same system did not accept inconsistencies in the absence of acts.
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“What happens is that sometimes the Voting Boards (JRV) when they deliver the packages do not return them, but we will review this situation and here would be the FGR who must deduct the corresponding responsibilities for the JRV , the Municipal Electoral Boards (JEM) or the Departmental Electoral Boards (JED), we must remember that we delivered the packages to the electoral boards, they are each responsible for the chain of protection of these documents that are official, “he said .
The electoral expert, Malcom Cartagena, also posted on Twitter that the 42 acts (14 for each type of election) belonging to San José Guayabal entered the preliminary ballot, before the final ballot, as you can see. on the TSE monitoring site: https://monitoreo2021.tse.gob.sv/consejos-municipales/municipal/10/4/1436
“If ballots have been found, they may have been abandoned by some JRV, but as you can see, no record is missing,” Cartagena said.
And so far those of councils. As you can see, here are the original and complete data that the JRVs themselves sent in the presence of party vigilantes, FGR, and so on.
If ballots have been found, they may have been abandoned by some JRV, but as you can see, no record is missing. pic.twitter.com/ePwYJ83ZcT
– Malcolm Cartagena (@malcolm_sv) March 17, 2021