Magistrate Noel Orellana said they are waiting for Noves Idees to send back who will be the person who will replace Araujo’s candidacy.
“We have already notified the party Noves Idees (that the candidacy of Walter Araujo will have to be replaced) and we are waiting to proceed with the replacement of his photograph on the ballot and in the box given to him. corresponded “, announced this Thursday morning the magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), Noel Orellana, in an interview with YSUCA radio.
According to the magistrate, on Wednesday they officially learned of the resolution of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) in which they are ordered to proceed immediately to replace Walter Araujo’s candidacy for deputy for New Ideas (NI), ” on the same day we decided that in the course of the 5 days the replacement would be carried out “.
Orellana explained the legal procedure that NI must follow for this replacement, which is already established in the Political Party Act.
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“Once the internal elections have been held, no changes may be made to the payrolls of candidates for popularly elected positions, except in cases where the elected does not meet the requirements established by the Constitution or Electoral Code, due to the resignation of the candidate. in writing or due to force majeure, in these cases it will be replaced by the one who has obtained the largest number of votes in descending order “, reads article 37-l, apparatus of substitutions.
In this regard, Orellana stated that when they held their internal elections there were candidates who were left in box 25 who no longer had the right to participate because they were only competing for 24, “in this case what we do in the TSE we call it the scale, what was in 23 becomes 22 and so on the movements in the different squares “.
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Likewise, Magistrate Orellana stated that the TSE has already prepared the ballots to elect deputies to the Legislative Assembly of 13 departments, only those corresponding to San Salvador are pending, as they are pending the 5 days for NI to send who will be the person who will replace Araujo.
He also added that the preparation of the ballots for the election of candidates for the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) has already been completed. In the meantime, ballots are being drawn up for the 262 city councils to be elected.
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