“I just became the object too, yesterday (Sunday) of threats again to death, there is already the report to the police,” Julio Olivera said in a radio interview
The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) in a statement issued on Monday denounced that some magistrates have received death threats.
In paragraph 3 of the writ it is mentioned that, “the acts of violence that occurred within the framework of the electoral process, on January 31 of the current, which resulted in 3 injured militants and 2 dead people, after participating in a caravan, as well as the acts of deprivation of liberty of magistrates, tenured magistrates and TSE workers, and the recent death threats against some magistrates, in addition to being framed within conducts described as “crimes” they constitute facts contrary to the obligations and objectives established in the electoral law for the sympathizers, militants and leaders of the political parties legally registered by this electoral authority “.
This complaint was confirmed by Magistrate Julio Olivera this Monday in an interview with YSKL radio where he stated, “I just became the object too, yesterday (Sunday) of threats of death again, there is already the complaint to the police. “
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Although the presiding magistrate of TSE, Dora Esmeralda Barahona denied having received threats to her person, reaffirmed Olivera’s complaint and said, “for now I have no knowledge except Dr. Olivera that if he has stated until by the public media that he himself has been the subject of threats “.
In the statement she says “some magistrates”, however, in an interview with Ràdio Sonora on Tuesday the magistrate said she was unaware that other magistrates had received death threats.
“In fact I was surprised when it is stated that they have been threatened because they do so in the plural, it means that not only one magistrate has been threatened,” said Magistrate Barahona, who explained that she did not participate in the issue of the communiqué.
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On the attack on FMLN militants, the magistrate said that she could not classify it as a fact of political violence, and it would be the corresponding authorities who would say the motive for the attack, and also called on political parties to the lives, equity and opinions of all people are respected.